2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bakersfield, CA vs Southington, CT

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Highlights
- Southington spends 64.9% more per student than Bakersfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 45.5% lower in Southington than in Bakersfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Southington had 14.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bakersfield
 Bakersfield, CASouthington, CTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$25,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,433$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4794573
 Students per Counselor764  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 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 Southington    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

We ahve lived here for 15 yrs and really like the small town atmosphere with many amenities. We are close to major highways to go to "the big"  More

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Over 16 years ago

Southington is a generally overdeveloped city/town (it's right on the line) which is showing it's age, in terms of housing at least. Most of the rental homes and  More

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