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Bakersfield, CA vs Safford, AZ

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Highlights
- Safford spends 34.9% less per student than Bakersfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.7% lower in Safford than in Bakersfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Safford had 3.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bakersfield
 Bakersfield, CASafford, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,904$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,297$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11584573
 Students per Counselor764  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%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 Safford    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

The newest percentage of unemployment in Graham County is 8.6 percent in mid-2012 , which is down quite a bit from 11.3 in  More

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Over 17 years ago

Safford and Graham county have only 2 seasons, summer and not summer. Too hot from june 1st through september. Allergies are a problem in this area due to dirty air and  More

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Our teachers are overwhelmed and most classes that I am aware of have at least 23 or more students. Some class sizes are reported to be above 30 per teacher. Our town  More

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