2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bakersfield, CA vs Hayward, CA

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Highlights
- Hayward spends 17.0% more per student than Bakersfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.5% lower in Hayward than in Bakersfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hayward had 2.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bakersfield
 Bakersfield, CAHayward, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor764  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 Hayward    4 Reviews

I've lived in Hayward for 20 years. Traditionally a working  More

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Hetchy Hechy water is very pure,the summers are about 78f..warm enough. Winters are sunny for the most part and by average.One University and one College in this small  More

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Over 11 years ago

convenient BART and bus if you have no  More

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