2025 Compare Cities Education:
El Cerrito, CA vs Barstow, CA

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Highlights
- Barstow spends 3.4% less per student than El Cerrito.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.4% higher in Barstow than in El Cerrito. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Barstow had 11.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to El Cerrito
 El Cerrito, CABarstow, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,673$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,448  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,933$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock131664573
 Students per Counselor584  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.1%1.5%
Reviews for El Cerrito    1 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

El Cerrito is inexpensive to live in and close to where interesting things are happening. On the whole there isn't much to do here, with the obvious exception being the  More

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Reviews for Barstow    14 Reviews

Mike · 

The positive of Barstow- yes there is something positive that can be said about Barstow. At least it's not as bad as South Lake Tahoe. The only reason it gets 2 stars  More

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Over 7 years ago

Just a place to travel thru. Cheap alternative to LA suburbs, about 70 miles or Palm Springs. It is in high Mojave desert, hot in the summer, 100-110, can get down  More

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Be careful is all I can say. I moved there with the focus to buy a home the investor Cliff Unegbu AKA Clifford Unegbu will rip off as many people as he can and use  More

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