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Barstow, CA vs Lompoc, CA

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Highlights
- Lompoc spends 13.8% more per student than Barstow.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.6% lower in Lompoc than in Barstow. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lompoc had 11.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Barstow

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 Barstow, CALompoc, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,673$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,060$13,158$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,933$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.7421.0116.23
 Students per Librarian13166123874573
 Students per Counselor531539530
 Grade School Educ.4.5%14.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.2%12.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.83.3%73.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.34.8%25.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.0%9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.11.1%12.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.3.0%2.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%0.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.1%0.6%1.5%

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Reviews for Barstow    14 Reviews

Mike · 

The positive of Barstow- yes there is something positive that can be said about Barstow. At least it's not as bad as South Lake Tahoe. The only reason it gets 2 stars  More

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Over 6 years ago

Just a place to travel thru. Cheap alternative to LA suburbs, about 70 miles or Palm Springs. It is in high Mojave desert, hot in the summer, 100-110, can get down  More

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Be careful is all I can say. I moved there with the focus to buy a home the investor Cliff Unegbu AKA Clifford Unegbu will rip off as many people as he can and use  More

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Reviews for Lompoc    27 Reviews

I grew up as a child in Lompoc in the 1960's. It was small town of about 18k with crime and shootings virtually unheard of. Dad sold his home on Third Street in 1995  More

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I lived in this town for 7 years. It's a horrible trap! Over 1/3 of the town is on probation, Close to half of the town addicted to Meth, Heroin of Crack Cocaine (yes  More

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Moved here from Philly two years ago and have no regrets. You do not need air conditioning, the weather very rarely is warmer than 75 degrees. You can easily find a nice  More

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ZIPS IN BARSTOW, CALIFORNIA
92311 92347 92327
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