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St. George, UT vs Taft, CA

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Highlights
- Taft spends 73.4% more per student than St. George.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.0% lower in Taft than in St. George. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Taft had 13.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to St. George

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 St. George, UTTaft, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$8,768$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,141$12,833$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,745$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.8122.6316.23
 Students per Librarian2037352994573
 Students per Counselor456764530
 Grade School Educ.2.5%4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%14.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.9%81.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.8%32.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.14.6%5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.7%9.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.8%1.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%0.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.2%0.0%1.5%

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Reviews for St. George    75 Reviews

Very low paying jobs. Very few corporate companies you could have a career at. Very expensive housing. Very unaccepting of non mormons. A very lazy city hall that  More

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We recently moved here and this are our thoughts: - Landscape wise no doubts this is one of the most beautiful places we have been - Public spaces are very clean, well  More

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I have lived in St. George for 8 months and love it so far. I agree that there are not a lot of jobs and most have low pay so this may not be a good place if your  More

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Reviews for Taft    3 Reviews

J · Taft, CA
Over 5 years ago

I’ve lived here over 50 years. It use to be a wonderful place to grow up with a thriving downtown and jobs were plentiful. This is no longer the case in Taft. Jobs are  More

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I've lived in Taft for over 5 years. It's a nice community and very friendly people as long as you get involved, either through school or local churches. I've met many  More

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Over 16 years ago

the city of taft is located in southern California,a small community yet just 20 minutes from a large and thriving city "bakersfield" over 300000 people .amazingly you  More

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ZIPS IN ST. GEORGE, UTAH
84790 84770
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93268 93252

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