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Thousand Oaks, CA vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 17.2% more per student than Thousand Oaks.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.5% lower in Santa Barbara than in Thousand Oaks. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 6.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Thousand Oaks

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 Thousand Oaks, CASanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,254$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,066$13,158$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,617$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio24.0221.0116.23
 Students per Librarian29128123874573
 Students per Counselor454539530
 Grade School Educ.2.7%7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%4.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.2%88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.8%18.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.5%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.49.2%50.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.8%12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%4.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.9%3.5%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 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 3 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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ZIPS IN THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA
91320 91360 91362 91361
ZIPS IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
93101 93105 93103 93110 93109

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