2024 Compare Cities Education:
Vail, CO vs Santa Monica, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Monica spends 10.6% more per student than Vail.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 70.8% higher in Santa Monica than in Vail. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Monica had 5.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Vail
 Vail, COSanta Monica, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,754$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,095$14,374$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,336$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.821.8616.23
 Students per Librarian173765654573
 Students per Counselor167380530
 Grade School Educ.0.2%3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.5%2.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.99.2%94.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%12.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.5%6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.66.5%67.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.18.7%17.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.8%7.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.6%4.1%1.5%
Reviews for Vail    5 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Vail..pros/ cons Pros 1. beautiful town 2. very low crime Cons 1. Ungodly expensive and that's an understatement 2. unless you are rich and beautiful, this isn't  More

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Over 18 years ago

Vail is beautiful year round. Fabulous skiing, hiking, fishing, shopping, restaurants, etc. However, the price you pay to live in a resort town is extremely high cost  More

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Over 19 years ago

Vail is very different that other areas of the U.S. I have lived in Seattle, Los Angeles, Orange County, Austin TX, Monterey CA... and it is another world here. World  More

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Reviews for Santa Monica    24 Reviews

I moved here to Santa Monica over 10 years ago from Oklahoma City. I was surprised to see that Oklahoma City was ranked higher than Santa Monica on best places. I  More

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I've lived in Santa Monica for over 30 years. It's a Mediterranean climate--sunny and temperate when the rest of the country is under snow! I am walking distance to  More

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I have lived in this city for 4 decades, and it is never been worse than it is now. It is a dangerous disgusting hell hole. Between the crime, the homeless that are not  More

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