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Colorado Springs, CO vs Taft, CA

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- Taft spends 21.4% more per student than Colorado Springs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.6% higher in Taft than in Colorado Springs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Taft had 13.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Colorado Springs
 Colorado Springs, COTaft, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,295  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock352994573
 Students per Counselor274  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Colorado Springs    199 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I grew up in Colorado Springs, left for the military, and moved back in 2008. It is not the same place I grew up in or what it was 15 years ago. High crime,  More

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Over 1 years ago

Moved here from san diego. All expenses went up with exception to gas. San diego may not have an affordable housing market, but with all others equal san diego is still  More

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Moved here in the summer from one of the hottest places on earth and my quality of life has gone up dramatically. I can walk outside, there are enormous mountains to  More

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Reviews for Taft    3 Reviews

J · Taft, CA
Over 6 years ago

I’ve lived here over 50 years. It use to be a wonderful place to grow up with a thriving downtown and jobs were plentiful. This is no longer the case in Taft. Jobs are  More

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I've lived in Taft for over 5 years. It's a nice community and very friendly people as long as you get involved, either through school or local churches. I've met many  More

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Over 17 years ago

the city of taft is located in southern California,a small community yet just 20 minutes from a large and thriving city "bakersfield" over 300000 people .amazingly you  More

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