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Washington, DC vs Thousand Oaks, CA

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- Thousand Oaks spends 52.9% less per student than Washington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 106.2% higher in Thousand Oaks than in Washington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thousand Oaks had 2.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Washington
 Washington, DCThousand Oaks, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,254$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$23,069  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,617$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock291284573
 Students per Counselor445  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Washington    97 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Living in DC long term brings on a kind of insidious misery. A long, slow, simmering down of any natural optimism or desire for a better future. It’s a leach of a town  More

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Over 5 years ago

Parts are beautiful but alot is rundown and ghetto. They always show the monuments and upper nw neighborhoods but never show hoods across the Anacostia River. Crime is  More

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Moved to DC 40 years ago from Mpls-St. Paul. DC is an amazing town. Downside is people are very competitive, everything is expensive. Great restaurants, foodie heaven  More

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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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