2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bethesda, MD vs Fresno, CA

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Highlights
- Fresno spends 21.8% less per student than Bethesda.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 56.9% higher in Fresno than in Bethesda. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fresno had 19.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bethesda
 Bethesda, MDFresno, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,697  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,719$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock126164573
 Students per Counselor292  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.5.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.87.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree17.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%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 Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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