2024 Compare Cities Education:
Bakersfield, CA vs New Braunfels, TX

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Highlights
- New Braunfels spends 1.9% less per student than Bakersfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.2% lower in New Braunfels than in Bakersfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Braunfels had 12.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bakersfield
 Bakersfield, CANew Braunfels, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,207$14,915$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833$8,548$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,403$5,215$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.6316.0316.23
 Students per Librarian352998524573
 Students per Counselor764465530
 Grade School Educ.9.3%4.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%4.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.81.5%91.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%22.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.8%6.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.9%36.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.6%7.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%1.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%1.1%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 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 New Braunfels    11 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I have lived in this awesome city for the past 2 years and believe it’s best described as either a breath of fresh air or a slice of heaven on earth.  More

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Diana · 

I moved here in 2001 due to a work transfer. It was small and quaint then. Today, there are too many people for the infrastructure, water resources, and schools. The  More

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I lived in NB for only about 4 months because of the extreme reaction I had to the cement polution in the area. There are two large cement plants to the north and south  More

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