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Bakersfield, CA vs Springfield, OR

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Highlights
- Springfield spends 4.2% less per student than Bakersfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.7% lower in Springfield than in Bakersfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Springfield had 10.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bakersfield

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 Bakersfield, CASpringfield, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,207$14,566$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833$12,107$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,403$6,947$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.6317.9416.23
 Students per Librarian352997764573
 Students per Counselor764406530
 Grade School Educ.9.3%2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%7.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.81.5%89.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%31.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.8%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.9%20.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.6%4.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%0.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%0.5%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 Springfield    5 Reviews

When I moved to Springfield with my family, we came from the north so didn't we didn't experience the scathing hatred Californians might encounter. Even so, not being a  More

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I lived her from Sept 2012 to Dec 2018. It was ok at first. Over the years the whole area has become.more and more unfriendly to moderate democrats, centrist or  More

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Over 13 years ago

How is it in Springfield ? Is it hard to get started in that town? How is the work  More

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ZIPS IN BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA
93307, 93306, 93309, 93312, 93313, 93304, 93311, 93305, 93301, 93220, 10 total
ZIPS IN SPRINGFIELD, OREGON
97478 97477

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