2024 Compare Cities Education:
Greensboro, NC vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Bakersfield spends 42.8% more per student than Greensboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 48.1% higher in Bakersfield than in Greensboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bakersfield had 9.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Greensboro
 Greensboro, NCBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,652$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,101$12,833$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,180$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.2822.6316.23
 Students per Librarian641352994573
 Students per Counselor310764530
 Grade School Educ.3.7%9.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%9.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.2%81.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.4%24.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.0%8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.5%22.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.7%5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%1.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.9%0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Greensboro    56 Reviews

I have lived in this city for 14 years. I am 50 and lived at different places. This is where I lived the longest and I am loving it. It has that sweet balance everyone  More

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I have lived in Greensboro for almost 30 years. Moved here in the 8th grade from Long Beach California. We literally fell in love with this great state and Greensboro in  More

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Over 2 years ago

Born and raised here. Yes some crime like everywhere else, but overall, I'm not afraid to be out at night. You might like some areas right outside of the city..  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 3 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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