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Bakersfield, CA vs Deming, NM

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Highlights
- Deming spends 16.0% less per student than Bakersfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.4% lower in Deming than in Bakersfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Deming had 13.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bakersfield
 Bakersfield, CADeming, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,778$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,596$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock26764573
 Students per Counselor764  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock15.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock70.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%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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Over 4 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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Reviews for Deming    6 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I have lived there for 10 years. Beautiful scenery. Climate is great. Cost of living is low. Population nearly 15,000, 87% Hispanic. One of the poorest counties in the  More

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Very prone to treating new moving here as outsiders. Been here several years and feel will always be an outsider never a art of the community. Local Walmart main food  More

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Over 16 years ago

hi cost of living is very very reasonable in deming,climet is good,town doen't have many amenities.IE. home depot,lowes,applebees,chili's  More

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