2025 Compare Cities Education:
Simsbury, CT vs El Cajon, CA

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Highlights
- El Cajon spends 34.7% less per student than Simsbury.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 83.7% higher in El Cajon than in Simsbury. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- El Cajon had 12.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Simsbury
 Simsbury, CTEl Cajon, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,358$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,830  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,084$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.33  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock187444573
 Students per Counselor341  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.66.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Simsbury    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

We've lived in Simsbury for over 24 years, relocated here by choice because of the small town feel and quality of education. We made the right choice, cost of living is  More

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Over 16 years ago

I lived in Simsbury for 1 1/2 yrs. The cost of housing as a whole is expensive. Homes are a bit more than surrounding areas, but the property tax is what drives up the  More

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Reviews for El Cajon    10 Reviews

Stay out of East El Cajon. The people that live there don't like  More

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Housing less expensive then San Diego, wages the same. A total package of people from different backgrounds (ethnic) which is  More

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El Cajon and La Mesa are about a dozen miles east of the Pacific Ocean. Fletcher Hills, in particular, is a community within El Cajon on the boarder of La Mesa/Mt.  More

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