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Bakersfield, CA vs Boulder City, NV

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Highlights
- Boulder City spends 24.7% less per student than Bakersfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.1% lower in Boulder City than in Bakersfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boulder City had 17.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bakersfield

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 Bakersfield, CABoulder City, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,207$11,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833$9,498$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,403$5,642$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.6321.9316.23
 Students per Librarian352997284573
 Students per Counselor764450530
 Grade School Educ.9.3%1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%3.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.81.5%95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%28.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.8%5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.9%30.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.6%9.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%1.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%1.6%1.5%

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Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

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Reviews for Boulder City    4 Reviews

I'm an Air Force Veteran, born in New Jersey who left home at 18 and have live in at least 20 US towns and communities over the past fifty years. I moved out of Silicon  More

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Boulder City is all about Clean Green, but the only Dog Park in the city is all dirt. Henderson, NV and Las Vegas have multiple Grass dog parks. Boulder City has 3  More

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Over 16 years ago

All heavy truck traffic has been routed off the Hoover Dam since the 9-11 attacks due to national "infrastructure" security concerns and this has had the effect of  More

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ZIPS IN BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA
93307, 93306, 93309, 93312, 93313, 93304, 93311, 93305, 93301, 93220, 10 total
ZIPS IN BOULDER CITY, NEVADA
89005

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