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Simi Valley, CA vs Sunnyvale, CA

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Highlights
- Sunnyvale spends 29.1% more per student than Simi Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.1% lower in Sunnyvale than in Simi Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sunnyvale had 1.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Simi Valley

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 Simi Valley, CASunnyvale, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,254$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,066$14,141$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,617$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio24.0221.5916.23
 Students per Librarian2912865284573
 Students per Counselor454646530
 Grade School Educ.3.4%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%3.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.5%93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.1%11.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.8%5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.5%66.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.1%28.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%6.5%1.5%

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Reviews for Simi Valley    22 Reviews

I've live in two different neighborhoods since fall of 1996 and depending on the neighborhood you're quality of life experience will vary. The price of housing is such  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have lived in Simi Valley for 23 Years. I love it here but due to the cost of living am looking to relocate to another state/City where my money will go further. Simi  More

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Over 15 years ago

simi valley is a very nice place to live within the shadow of the LA metro area. it has low crime and reasonable housing costs with ready access to indoor and outdoor  More

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Reviews for Sunnyvale    14 Reviews

At this point, I would only recommend moving to silicon valley for the job market. Sure, the weather is great and the restaurants offer huge variety. But the costs of  More

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Like previous reviewer, tech company's tyranny over city gov and quality of living has negatively impacted a fantastic place to live. Climate, while super, is grossly  More

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I've lived here for 40 years. While the weather is fabulous, For the past ten years of high density housing mostly needed to house thousands of a young up coming tech  More

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ZIPS IN SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
93065 93063
ZIPS IN SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA
94087 94086 94085 94089

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