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Bakersfield, CA vs Mission Viejo, CA

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Highlights
- Mission Viejo spends 0.5% more per student than Bakersfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.6% higher in Mission Viejo than in Bakersfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mission Viejo had 16.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bakersfield

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 Bakersfield, CAMission Viejo, 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%2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%2.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.81.5%94.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%20.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.8%9.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.9%50.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.6%12.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%3.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%2.4%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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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 Mission Viejo    22 Reviews

Beautiful, but for the wealthy. If you make less than 150K, you won't be able to afford to live here. Even for Southern California, MV is off-the-chart expensive. A  More

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Over 11 years ago

Mission Viejo does not charge a business license tax for businesses located in the community and home-based businesses are allowed under current zoning laws as long as  More

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Please give me your advisese i need to know how is the best place to live near los angeles, safe, earthquakes, snakes, best schools, no racism, etc...,i don´t know  More

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ZIPS IN BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA
93307, 93306, 93309, 93312, 93313, 93304, 93311, 93305, 93301, 93220, 10 total
ZIPS IN MISSION VIEJO, CALIFORNIA
92691 92692

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