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South Lake Tahoe, CA vs Bakersfield, CA

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- Bakersfield spends 30.1% more per student than South Lake Tahoe.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.2% higher in Bakersfield than in South Lake Tahoe. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bakersfield had 6.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to South Lake Tahoe

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 South Lake Tahoe, CABakersfield, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,688$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,787$12,833$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,768$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.5822.6316.23
 Students per Librarian10681352994573
 Students per Counselor767764530
 Grade School Educ.6.1%9.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.9%9.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.0%81.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.1%24.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.6%8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.9%22.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.4.2%5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%1.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.8%0.7%1.5%

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Reviews for South Lake Tahoe    10 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Pretty boring town. Very run down and seedy too. Lake is nothing special either. I much prefer the Pacific coast or even the Atlantic coast or great  More

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Seriously I don't get what the big deal about this dump is everything is grossly overpriced scenery is boring and not at all interesting very boring nothing to do very  More

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Over 4 years ago

Beautiful place to live. This site has most of the details wrong, has somehow lumped it together with Sacramento. Elevation is 6250 feet at the lake. Weather is cold in  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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96150
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93307, 93306, 93309, 93312, 93313, 93304, 93311, 93305, 93301, 93220, 10 total

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