2025 Compare Cities Education:
Smith River, CA vs Half Moon Bay, CA

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Highlights
- Half Moon Bay spends 44.0% more per student than Smith River.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.2% lower in Half Moon Bay than in Smith River. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Half Moon Bay had 12.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Smith River
 Smith River, CAHalf Moon Bay, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,103  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock80554573
 Students per Counselor420  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.34.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.11.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.4%1.5%
Reviews for Smith River    1 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Drove into 'metro' Smith River four days ago and the population sign said 2021! Way different number than 866? When did Sperling's Best Places get the  More

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Reviews for Half Moon Bay    3 Reviews

HMB has one of the best climates in the world. It also has some very good restaurants. You have the ocean on one side and scenic foothills to the east.It would be heaven  More

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Over 19 years ago

Rural coastal living in a great community close to San Francisco and Silicon  More

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Over 20 years ago

I lived in HMB for 17 years and loved (almost) every minute there. Beautiful hills to the east of the town and the Pacific ocean to the west. Close to San Francisco,  More

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