2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bakersfield, CA vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Salem spends 12.3% more per student than Bakersfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.5% lower in Salem than in Bakersfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salem had 8.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bakersfield
 Bakersfield, CASalem, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,073$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,552$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6454573
 Students per Counselor764  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%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 Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 5 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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