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Bakersfield, CA vs Beaumont, TX

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Highlights
- Beaumont spends 16.5% less per student than Bakersfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.1% lower in Beaumont than in Bakersfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Beaumont had 5.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bakersfield
 Bakersfield, CABeaumont, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,700$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,857$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8794573
 Students per Counselor764  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
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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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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Reviews for Beaumont    15 Reviews

I am amazed at what I read on these items about the twin cities of Bryan/CS and Aggieland in general. I was dragged there from Houston by my husband in 1980, kicking,  More

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I swear the only thing I love about Beaumont is my FAMILY who lives there. That's IT! Everything else, I HATE IT! There's nothing to do in Beaumont what so ever! The  More

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The humidity here is why I want to investigate other places to  More

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