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Somerville, MA vs Ojai, CA

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Highlights
- Ojai spends 39.5% less per student than Somerville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 100.3% higher in Ojai than in Somerville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ojai had 0.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Somerville
 Somerville, MAOjai, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,254$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,196  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,617$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.99  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock291284573
 Students per Counselor331  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%1.5%
Reviews for Somerville    3 Reviews

I've lived in Somerville/Cambridge for 10 years, the last 4.5 with my husband in Spring Hill. It really is a great place to live if you are in your 20s & 30s: it is  More

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Living in Somerville is OK. I'm not a 'city' person and I would rather be out in the country some place, but it's not too bad here. I'm in my early 50s and own a house.  More

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Over 17 years ago

we are midwest transplants to the Boston area and lucked out by finding this great little neighborhood - right on the train line, little stores and good community - we  More

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Reviews for Ojai    7 Reviews

Ojai has it's social and environmental challenges. It's population can be insular and self-absorbed. I grew up in Palo Alto and lived in Berkeley in the 70's so I can  More

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Over 10 years ago

Yes, Ojai is pretty geographically but there are a lot of run down neighborhoods. There are no "rules" about keeping your house or yard up and therefore lots of people  More

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Over 11 years ago

From my contacts, this place is my idea of how I want to spend my remaining days on  More

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