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Gilroy, CA vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Bakersfield spends 17.4% less per student than Gilroy.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.8% higher in Bakersfield than in Gilroy. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bakersfield had 2.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Gilroy

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 Gilroy, CABakersfield, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$18,401$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141$12,833$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,804$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.5922.6316.23
 Students per Librarian6528352994573
 Students per Counselor646764530
 Grade School Educ.9.9%9.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.3%9.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.83.8%81.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%24.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.1%8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.5%22.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.0%5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%1.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.2%0.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Gilroy    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I am in the process and figuring out where to move and I have been doing cost comparison, amoung other things, on different places. When will you be updating the tax  More

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Trust me, I love the ecosystem in Gilroy but the truth is that city as a whole does not care about its youth(nor the silicon vally in general but gilroy takes the  More

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Over 18 years ago

Since moving to Gilory six years ago, I've really fallen in love with the small town atmoshpere. I communte 30 minutes to San Jose along with my kids every day. That  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 GILROY, CALIFORNIA
95020
ZIPS IN BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA
93307, 93306, 93309, 93312, 93313, 93304, 93311, 93305, 93301, 93220, 10 total

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