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Bakersfield, CA vs Lindale, TX

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Highlights
- Lindale spends 14.8% less per student than Bakersfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.1% lower in Lindale than in Bakersfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lindale had 12.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bakersfield
 Bakersfield, CALindale, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,960$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,824$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6244573
 Students per Counselor764  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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 5 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 Lindale    3 Reviews

Stayed here for 2 months. Everywhere you go you feel like there's a bald kid playing a banjo. Never saw so many fat women in my life. If you like really backwards stupid  More

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Over 10 years ago

I sent a review about Lindale about 2 months ago and never saw it posted. Will it be posted soon?   More

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Over 18 years ago

Lindale is the smallest town I have ever lived in (Population sign says about 3,000, but we have more than that in our schools!), but also my favorite. We moved here  More

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