2025 Compare Cities Education:
Spring Creek, NV vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 26.1% more per student than Spring Creek.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.7% higher in Santa Barbara than in Spring Creek. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 6.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Spring Creek
 Spring Creek, NVSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,499  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.16  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor587  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%1.5%
Reviews for Spring Creek    3 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

The sunshine and the mountains make Spring Creek an amazing place to live. I feel very fortunate to live and adventure in Northern  More

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I lived in Spring Creek for 15 years and never got use to the weather There are two seasons winter and summer winter averages 195 days of below freezing temps and  More

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Over 19 years ago

THE RUBY ALPS SURROUND THIS HIDDEN WONDER LAND....FRESH AIR , CLEAN WATER AND PURE FRIENDLY FOLKS  More

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Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 4 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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