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Bethesda, MD vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Bakersfield spends 22.9% less per student than Bethesda.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 66.0% higher in Bakersfield than in Bethesda. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bakersfield had 16.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bethesda
 Bethesda, MDBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,697  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock352994573
 Students per Counselor292  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.5.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.87.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree17.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Bethesda    12 Reviews

Bethesda is awesome if you want to live near DC and in a relatively safe city that has few parking issues. Montgomery county has parking lots in downtown Bethesda and  More

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Amenities are plentiful, but costs continue to rise as do local and state taxes. Overall not a friendly place to  More

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Essentially an upscale suburb of Washington DC. Public transport is easy, there's plenty to do (though with none of the edginess of living closer in DC) and it's minutes  More

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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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