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Bakersfield, CA vs Sweetwater, TX

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Highlights
- Sweetwater spends 4.7% more per student than Bakersfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 79.1% higher in Sweetwater than in Bakersfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sweetwater had 2.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bakersfield
 Bakersfield, CASweetwater, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,928$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,563$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock27584573
 Students per Counselor764  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%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 5 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 Sweetwater    3 Reviews

I've lived in the area in or around Sweetwater for a number of years, having come from the east coast. Fewer people per square mile than back there for sure is what is  More

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Sweetwater is a simple small city. I like Sweetwater because of its affordability, friendly citizens, no traffic and good climate. The housing costsare very low; for  More

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I would never live there again under any circumstances. Smart aleck punks in the public schools (bullying etc). No jobs, low wages, real redneck mentality, (look down  More

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