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Sulphur, LA vs Santa Monica, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Monica spends 17.4% more per student than Sulphur.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 42.9% higher in Santa Monica than in Sulphur. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Monica had 10.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sulphur
 Sulphur, LASanta Monica, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,587  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor334  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.15.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.1%1.5%
Reviews for Sulphur    4 Reviews

I am 67 and have lived in Sulphur most of my life. We have experienced 4 major hurricanes in the last 16 years from September 2005 (Rita), 2007 (Ike), Laura in August  More

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Over 17 years ago

Calcasieu is a great place to live but it does get hit by Hurricanes and that is the downside. I live in Sulphur, LA in Calcasieu Parish. There is nothing wrong here  More

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Over 17 years ago

Sulphur is one of the best places I have ever been to and lived. There is hardly no crime. Probley one murder every 1-2  More

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Reviews for Santa Monica    24 Reviews

I moved here to Santa Monica over 10 years ago from Oklahoma City. I was surprised to see that Oklahoma City was ranked higher than Santa Monica on best places. I  More

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I've lived in Santa Monica for over 30 years. It's a Mediterranean climate--sunny and temperate when the rest of the country is under snow! I am walking distance to  More

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I have lived in this city for 4 decades, and it is never been worse than it is now. It is a dangerous disgusting hell hole. Between the crime, the homeless that are not  More

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