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Bellaire, TX vs El Cajon, CA

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- El Cajon spends 27.5% more per student than Bellaire.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.2% higher in El Cajon than in Bellaire. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- El Cajon had 12.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bellaire
 Bellaire, TXEl Cajon, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,358$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,084$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock187444573
 Students per Counselor473  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.80.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree16.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Bellaire    6 Reviews

Some of the staff at West University Elementary let horrible children do whatever they want and treated them like innocent people instead of taking them to the  More

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Over 14 years ago

Great place to have a Business..Close knit community..Very visible Police, but a tidy city... Children's Collections 5219 Bellaire Blvd. Bellaire, Tx 7740   More

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Over 16 years ago

This is a small town in a big city. The politics is narrow. The noise and congestion of the freeway makes being outside uneasily peaceful. I am close to cultural  More

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Reviews for El Cajon    10 Reviews

Stay out of East El Cajon. The people that live there don't like  More

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Housing less expensive then San Diego, wages the same. A total package of people from different backgrounds (ethnic) which is  More

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El Cajon and La Mesa are about a dozen miles east of the Pacific Ocean. Fletcher Hills, in particular, is a community within El Cajon on the boarder of La Mesa/Mt.  More

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