2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sonora, CA vs Santa Cruz, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Cruz spends 16.5% more per student than Sonora.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.4% higher in Santa Cruz than in Sonora. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Cruz had 4.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sonora
 Sonora, CASanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,364$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,803  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,688$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock62714573
 Students per Counselor721  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%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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Over 4 years ago

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 Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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