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The Villages, FL vs Santee, CA

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- Santee spends 52.1% more per student than The Villages.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.6% higher in Santee than in The Villages. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santee had 5.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to The Villages
 The Villages, FLSantee, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,358$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,215  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,084$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.7  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock187444573
 Students per Counselor343  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for The Villages    10 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

The Village’s is a great place to ride your bike with all the many bike trails or golf cart trails to ride on, the problem with this place that ive experienced with this  More

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Over 4 years ago

we were considering the Villages but honestly, not interested in living in a place where people do not support our president, that is  More

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Over 5 years ago

Since 2010, it has had a population growth of 85.0%, which is a bit low compared to 2020. As for the Cons - Violent Crime - This is definitely not true. It might be in  More

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Reviews for Santee    10 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I have lived in Santee for 36 years and the changes have been extensive. Traffic has been, and still is, a big problem. However, that's a problem in most CA towns and  More

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Over 13 years ago

San Diego in general is a very expensive place to live. Santee is less so but compared to the rest of the country we are way over  More

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Over 17 years ago

Santee has a great quality of life,low crime, good schools(some of the best schools east county has to offer), fairly short commute time, as it is fairly well central in  More

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