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Yucca Valley, CA vs Sunnyvale, CA

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Highlights
- Sunnyvale spends 25.4% more per student than Yucca Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.1% lower in Sunnyvale than in Yucca Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sunnyvale had 5.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Yucca Valley
 Yucca Valley, CASunnyvale, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,060  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.74  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor531  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.31.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock28.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.5%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 Sunnyvale    14 Reviews

At this point, I would only recommend moving to silicon valley for the job market. Sure, the weather is great and the restaurants offer huge variety. But the costs of  More

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Like previous reviewer, tech company's tyranny over city gov and quality of living has negatively impacted a fantastic place to live. Climate, while super, is grossly  More

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I've lived here for 40 years. While the weather is fabulous, For the past ten years of high density housing mostly needed to house thousands of a young up coming tech  More

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