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Simi Valley, CA vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Bakersfield spends 6.7% more per student than Simi Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.8% lower in Bakersfield than in Simi Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bakersfield had 10.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Simi Valley

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 Simi Valley, CABakersfield, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,254$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,066$12,833$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,617$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio24.0222.6316.23
 Students per Librarian29128352994573
 Students per Counselor454764530
 Grade School Educ.3.4%9.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%9.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.5%81.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.1%24.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.8%8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.5%22.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.1%5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%1.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%0.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Simi Valley    22 Reviews

I've live in two different neighborhoods since fall of 1996 and depending on the neighborhood you're quality of life experience will vary. The price of housing is such  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have lived in Simi Valley for 23 Years. I love it here but due to the cost of living am looking to relocate to another state/City where my money will go further. Simi  More

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Over 15 years ago

simi valley is a very nice place to live within the shadow of the LA metro area. it has low crime and reasonable housing costs with ready access to indoor and outdoor  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 SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
93065 93063
ZIPS IN BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA
93307, 93306, 93309, 93312, 93313, 93304, 93311, 93305, 93301, 93220, 10 total

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