2025 Compare Cities Education:
Yucca Valley, CA vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 13.8% more per student than Yucca Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.6% lower in Santa Barbara than in Yucca Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 0.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Yucca Valley
 Yucca Valley, CASanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,060  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.74  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor531  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.31.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%1.5%
Reviews for Yucca Valley    10 Reviews

We have lived in Yucca Valley and Joshua Tree for over 20 years. The comment regarding graffiti is over exaggerated. Yes there is crime and there are some tweakers but  More

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Over 5 years ago

Let me start by saying, I love the desert. Yucca used to be a sweet little town...but now that the city has allowed for many criminals to come in from other areas..a  More

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YV has a good mix of mainly retirees, snowbirds, artists, and military families. People here are generally MORE friendly and LESS racially diverse compared to other  More

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Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 4 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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