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Bakersfield, CA vs Warwick, RI

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Highlights
- Warwick spends 30.0% more per student than Bakersfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 44.5% lower in Warwick than in Bakersfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Warwick had 13.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bakersfield
 Bakersfield, CAWarwick, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,766$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,232$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6904573
 Students per Counselor764  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%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 Warwick    6 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I currently live in Northern Warwick, and all I can say is the roads are horrible, its expensive to pay mortgage, and there are gangs. Abandoned buildings are a  More

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Over 13 years ago

I moved here 5 months ago from California for a job and I am loving it here. People are friendly, cost of living is better than in California, crime is low!  More

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On the overview of class room sizes that info is incorrect my son has 29 students in his class 6th grade last year in 5th grade he had 19 students never in the 5+ years  More

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