2024 Compare Cities Education:
Benton, TN vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Bakersfield spends 52.2% more per student than Benton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 65.4% higher in Bakersfield than in Benton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bakersfield had 0.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Benton
 Benton, TNBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,989$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,620$12,833$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,698$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.6822.6316.23
 Students per Librarian358352994573
 Students per Counselor429764530
 Grade School Educ.6.8%9.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.3%9.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.82.0%81.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.6%24.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.8%8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.12.8%22.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.2.6%5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%1.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.0%0.7%1.5%
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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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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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