2025 Compare Cities Education:
Simsbury, CT vs Sunnyvale, CA

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Highlights
- Sunnyvale spends 26.6% less per student than Simsbury.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 75.1% higher in Sunnyvale than in Simsbury. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sunnyvale had 5.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Simsbury
 Simsbury, CTSunnyvale, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,830  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.33  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor341  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.66.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock28.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.5%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 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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