2024 Compare Cities Education:
Sonoma, CA vs Thousand Oaks, CA

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Highlights
- Thousand Oaks spends 15.4% less per student than Sonoma.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.4% higher in Thousand Oaks than in Sonoma. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thousand Oaks had 1.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sonoma
 Sonoma, CAThousand Oaks, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,850$14,254$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,921$12,066$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,508$7,617$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.8224.0216.23
 Students per Librarian14240291284573
 Students per Counselor399454530
 Grade School Educ.3.0%2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.0%3.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.9%94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.3%19.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.3%11.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.7%49.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.7%12.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.6%4.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.2%2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Sonoma    12 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

I love Sonoma. Moved here from Texas and I can't wait to live in this small town with country living all around. I hate all the drama and crime in Vallejo. I live in  More

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I have lived in Sonoma for 3 years now. I relocated after a brief stint in Salt Lake City but lived in San Francisco for 30 years before that. If you like small town  More

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The best aspects of living in Sonoma County,CA: Air quality is best that one can ask for and there is no severe weather. No hazardous weather driving or walking  More

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Reviews for Thousand Oaks    32 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

All you have to do is to check out the climate of Thousand Oaks on this site or on City-Data to see that the climate here in Thousand Oaks is perfect, if you don't like  More

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I've lived here my entire life, which I suppose isn't that long only 17 years. Its been a nice place to grow up, lots of opportunities and places to go as a kid. Park  More

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I have lived here over 10 years. I'm not sure what some of the reviewers are talking about, as it pertains to "nothing to do for kids" here. We have a fantastic Parks  More

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