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Dyersburg, TN vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Bakersfield spends 38.8% more per student than Dyersburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 53.7% higher in Bakersfield than in Dyersburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bakersfield had 6.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Dyersburg
 Dyersburg, TNBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,018  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.72  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock352994573
 Students per Counselor627  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Dyersburg    3 Reviews

Log onto www.pleasehelpbeau.org to see how the city spends its taxpayer money. According to an attorney helping with Beau's release, the “vicious dog ordinance” in  More

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Do you know that the “vicious dog ordinance” in Dyersburg (City Ordinance § 10-221) is illegal and unenforceable under Tennessee Law? If you don’t please look at Tenn.  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have lived in and around Dyersburg, Tn. for about 18 years. It has a small mall, walmart, lowes, and 25+ restaurants. The schools are decent and the county has well  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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