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Thousand Oaks, CA vs Gilroy, CA

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Highlights
- Gilroy spends 29.1% more per student than Thousand Oaks.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.1% lower in Gilroy than in Thousand Oaks. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gilroy had 11.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Thousand Oaks

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 Thousand Oaks, CAGilroy, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,254$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,066$14,141$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,617$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio24.0221.5916.23
 Students per Librarian2912865284573
 Students per Counselor454646530
 Grade School Educ.2.7%9.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%6.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.2%83.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.8%25.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.5%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.49.2%28.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.8%8.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.9%1.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Thousand Oaks    32 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

All you have to do is to check out the climate of Thousand Oaks on this site or on City-Data to see that the climate here in Thousand Oaks is perfect, if you don't like  More

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I've lived here my entire life, which I suppose isn't that long only 17 years. Its been a nice place to grow up, lots of opportunities and places to go as a kid. Park  More

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I have lived here over 10 years. I'm not sure what some of the reviewers are talking about, as it pertains to "nothing to do for kids" here. We have a fantastic Parks  More

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Reviews for Gilroy    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I am in the process and figuring out where to move and I have been doing cost comparison, amoung other things, on different places. When will you be updating the tax  More

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Trust me, I love the ecosystem in Gilroy but the truth is that city as a whole does not care about its youth(nor the silicon vally in general but gilroy takes the  More

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Over 18 years ago

Since moving to Gilory six years ago, I've really fallen in love with the small town atmoshpere. I communte 30 minutes to San Jose along with my kids every day. That  More

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ZIPS IN THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA
91320 91360 91362 91361
ZIPS IN GILROY, CALIFORNIA
95020

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