2024 Compare Cities Education:
Thousand Oaks, CA vs Santa Maria, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Maria spends 17.2% more per student than Thousand Oaks.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.5% lower in Santa Maria than in Thousand Oaks. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Maria had 34.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Thousand Oaks
 Thousand Oaks, CASanta Maria, 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%27.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%10.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.2%62.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.8%20.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.5%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.49.2%13.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.8%2.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%0.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.9%0.3%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 Santa Maria    12 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I live in Orcutt which is a town of around 35,000 on the south side of Santa Maria. Santa Maria has, as everyone has noted, the best climate in the world. It never  More

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I have lived in Santa Maria / Orcutt for several years, but it is time to leave. I have no issues with the weather. Our climate is mild and comfortable with no extremes.  More

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The weather is very mild without a huge temperature change with the seasons. The winters are chilly but not cold and the summers are warm but not hot. Of course there  More

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