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Bakersfield, CA vs Terre Haute, IN

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- Terre Haute spends 17.5% less per student than Bakersfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.7% lower in Terre Haute than in Bakersfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Terre Haute had 7.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bakersfield
 Bakersfield, CATerre Haute, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,548$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,623$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4814573
 Students per Counselor764  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%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 Terre Haute    13 Reviews

I lived in Terre Haute from 1980 to 2005, and have lived in 7 states and one other country since then. Terre Haute's my hometown. I had a mostly happy, normal  More

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Over 5 years ago

This town’s terrible no roads the government is corrupt and the elections are rigged stay far away even the people here hate this town  More

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I read varied reviews when I moved here from the east coast 3 years ago - some good, some not so good. Now I feel I can give a reasonable reflection that I hope will be  More

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