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Chico, CA vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Bakersfield spends 1.3% less per student than Chico.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.2% higher in Bakersfield than in Chico. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bakersfield had 12.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Chico

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 Chico, CABakersfield, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,415$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,014$12,833$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,909$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.3522.6316.23
 Students per Librarian5843352994573
 Students per Counselor455764530
 Grade School Educ.2.7%9.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%9.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.4%81.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.5%24.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.2%8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%22.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.7%5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%1.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%0.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 2 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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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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ZIPS IN CHICO, CALIFORNIA
95926 95928 95973
ZIPS IN BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA
93307, 93306, 93309, 93312, 93313, 93304, 93311, 93305, 93301, 93220, 10 total

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