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Bakersfield, CA vs Leander, TX

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Highlights
- Leander spends 17.1% less per student than Bakersfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.1% lower in Leander than in Bakersfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Leander had 16.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bakersfield
 Bakersfield, CALeander, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,613$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,560$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10934573
 Students per Counselor764  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%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 Leander    6 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Moved in from Austin five years ago. In Austin you can’t buy a house in less than $1M. Here in Leander, you can buy a house at 4000+sq.ft. with beautiful hill country  More

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Over 7 years ago

I’ve lived here for 5 1/2 yrs. property tax go’s up 10% every year. Hard to get around without using toll roads. Very republican. Ugh  More

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Over 11 years ago

A bit of that small town feel with convenient stores and  More

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