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Vancouver, WA vs Santa Monica, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Monica spends 8.7% less per student than Vancouver.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.6% higher in Santa Monica than in Vancouver. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Monica had 3.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Vancouver
 Vancouver, WASanta Monica, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.13  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor373  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.1%1.5%
Reviews for Vancouver    57 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

This city has traffic similar to Seattle. I think some drivers here are aggressive and are not able to stay calm under stress. Although the rent prices seem reasonable I  More

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Plus no pone wants a new bridge it has been voted down a thousand times but now the city of Vancouver is going to try and sneak one in anyway and the nice small feeling  More

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The city is corrupt, department heads taking bribes, 2 yr community college almost destroyed because the faculty are making it into a 4 yr college. Mormon corruption  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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