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Bakersfield, CA vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 0.5% more per student than Bakersfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.6% higher in Lake Forest than in Bakersfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 14.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bakersfield

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 Bakersfield, CALake Forest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,207$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833$12,911$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,403$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.6323.2116.23
 Students per Librarian35299163834573
 Students per Counselor764595530
 Grade School Educ.9.3%3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%3.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.81.5%93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%20.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.8%9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.9%48.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.6%12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%2.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%1.9%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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Over 3 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 Lake Forest    15 Reviews

As a retired senior who has lived in Lake Forest (formerly El Toro) since 1977 I think LF is a great place if you can afford it. When we moved here in June '77 homes  More

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I’ve lived here for 2 years. Ok, it’s more like a 4 but there are so many idiots downplaying what it’s like here and giving Lake Forest ones and twos. There are a lot of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for 5 and a half years and it's the worst. There's no way to describe the inherent awful nature of Lake Forest without sounding like I'm exaggerating.  More

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ZIPS IN BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA
93307, 93306, 93309, 93312, 93313, 93304, 93311, 93305, 93301, 93220, 10 total
ZIPS IN LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA
92630 92610 92676

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