2024 Compare Cities Education:
Thousand Oaks, CA vs Los Altos, CA

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Highlights
- Los Altos spends 29.1% more per student than Thousand Oaks.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.1% lower in Los Altos than in Thousand Oaks. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Los Altos had 5.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Thousand Oaks
 Thousand Oaks, CALos Altos, 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%0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%0.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.2%99.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.8%7.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.5%2.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.49.2%85.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.8%35.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%9.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.9%9.2%1.5%
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 Los Altos    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Expensive but worth  More

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Over 16 years ago

the quality of life here is very high however the cost of living is also high. extremely high as a matter of fact. I'd like to look at other communities that are less  More

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