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Encinitas, CA vs Taft, CA

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Highlights
- Taft spends 7.0% less per student than Encinitas.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.1% lower in Taft than in Encinitas. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Taft had 14.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Encinitas
 Encinitas, CATaft, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,161  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock352994573
 Students per Counselor513  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.63.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Encinitas    14 Reviews

I've lived in many different neighborhoods throughout San Diego over the years. They've all been coastal, from Pt. Loma, Pacific Beach, Del Mar, Solana Beach and  More

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Over 7 years ago

1. Horrible, nightmare traffic with lots of road rage drivers everywhere 2. Extremely high cost of living for small crappy houses / condos 3. Nothing to do, no  More

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Over 11 years ago

I have lived in many locations across the United States and the Caribbean and Encinitas is on my top list of places to live. The people are easy going and the pace  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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