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Bakersfield, CA vs Signal Mountain, TN

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Highlights
- Signal Mountain spends 25.8% less per student than Bakersfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.9% lower in Signal Mountain than in Bakersfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Signal Mountain had 21.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bakersfield

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 Bakersfield, CASignal Mountain, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,207$11,280$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833$10,814$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,403$6,730$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.6314.9616.23
 Students per Librarian352996554573
 Students per Counselor764380530
 Grade School Educ.9.3%0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%0.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.81.5%99.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%12.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.8%7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.9%73.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.6%22.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%5.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%4.8%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 Signal Mountain    3 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Safe, totally non diverse though (99% white), schools are ok but most people here use private schools anyway which tells you that this is an exclusive place in general  More

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We have had a great experience in Signal Mountain, people have been very polite and not nosy at all. The air is clean, there is an extremely low crime rate. Summers  More

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Over 13 years ago

Very nice community on top of Walden's Ridge. Approximately 7,500 people living in both small village/country-side environment. Excellent schools - elementary through  More

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ZIPS IN BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA
93307, 93306, 93309, 93312, 93313, 93304, 93311, 93305, 93301, 93220, 10 total
ZIPS IN SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, TENNESSEE
37377

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