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Thousand Oaks, CA vs Santa Rosa, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Rosa spends 18.2% more per student than Thousand Oaks.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.3% lower in Santa Rosa than in Thousand Oaks. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Rosa had 9.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Thousand Oaks
 Thousand Oaks, CASanta Rosa, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,850$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,066  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,508$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio24.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock142404573
 Students per Counselor454  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.49.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Thousand Oaks    32 Reviews

Over 13 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 Rosa    43 Reviews

I was born and raised here. Santa Rosa used to be a great city great location great weather but now it is overcrowded and crime is off the charts and housing is crazy  More

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I've lived her over 20 years and it's a pretty nice place. The main vibe is you feel safe doing this day or night. Most of the neighborhoods are well taken care of, they  More

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Terrible city that's hurting for money. After going on a long hiatus from enforcing traffic laws, they've recently turned their highways into an ATM machine/cash cow by  More

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