2024 Compare Cities Education:
Bakersfield, CA vs Silverthorne, CO

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Highlights
- Silverthorne spends 16.8% more per student than Bakersfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 39.6% lower in Silverthorne than in Bakersfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Silverthorne had 11.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bakersfield
 Bakersfield, CASilverthorne, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,207$17,764$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833$14,031$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,403$7,733$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.6313.6716.23
 Students per Librarian352997034573
 Students per Counselor764282530
 Grade School Educ.9.3%0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%9.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.81.5%90.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%20.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.8%4.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.9%45.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.6%16.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%1.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%0.8%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 Silverthorne    2 Reviews

We've lived here 2 1/2 years, three winters now, and although I'm not a huge fan of winter, and there's a lot of it here, at least there are really fun things to do. We  More

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Over 18 years ago

Silverthorne is a great place to live, but the cost of housing and living has recently put a big separation between the working class and the rest of the  More

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