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Bakersfield, CA vs Grass Valley, CA

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Highlights
- Grass Valley spends 46.4% more per student than Bakersfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.2% lower in Grass Valley than in Bakersfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Grass Valley had 13.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bakersfield

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 Bakersfield, CAGrass Valley, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,207$22,261$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833$14,261$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,403$8,309$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.6318.9716.23
 Students per Librarian3529984024573
 Students per Counselor764433530
 Grade School Educ.9.3%1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.81.5%92.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%33.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.8%8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.9%27.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.6%8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%1.4%1.5%

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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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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 Grass Valley    15 Reviews

I've lived many places in California. I've now lived in Grass Valley for 2 years. Grass Valley and it's sister Nevada City are adorable little towns full of history and  More

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Grass valley has become a sad place to live. I was born and raised here and can no longer afford to raise my small family here. Look up the median annual wage and the  More

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I'm 25 years old and I've lived in this town all of my life, and I'm saving every single dollar I make to leave here and never come back. It's a shame, because at one  More

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ZIPS IN BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA
93307, 93306, 93309, 93312, 93313, 93304, 93311, 93305, 93301, 93220, 10 total
ZIPS IN GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
95945

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