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Sonora, CA vs Lompoc, CA

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Highlights
- Lompoc spends 18.9% more per student than Sonora.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.3% higher in Lompoc than in Sonora. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lompoc had 19.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sonora
 Sonora, CALompoc, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,803  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor721  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock14.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock73.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Sonora    15 Reviews

I have lived in Sonora for two and a half years and love it. Some of the earlier reviews I read scared me before coming. Here is what we have found. We live in a  More

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I have lived here for 8 years and I absolutely hate it. This town is not built for all the people it has to accommodate. Everyone from the ENTIRE county comes here to do  More

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Lived here for 21 years since my family moved up from the valley (to get away from gang violence and other crime). Traffic doesn't pay attention constantly running  More

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Reviews for Lompoc    27 Reviews

I grew up as a child in Lompoc in the 1960's. It was small town of about 18k with crime and shootings virtually unheard of. Dad sold his home on Third Street in 1995  More

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I lived in this town for 7 years. It's a horrible trap! Over 1/3 of the town is on probation, Close to half of the town addicted to Meth, Heroin of Crack Cocaine (yes  More

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Moved here from Philly two years ago and have no regrets. You do not need air conditioning, the weather very rarely is warmer than 75 degrees. You can easily find a nice  More

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