2025 Compare Cities Education:
Hawthorne, CA vs Fresno, CA

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Highlights
- Fresno spends 11.5% less per student than Hawthorne.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.2% lower in Fresno than in Hawthorne. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fresno had 1.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Hawthorne
 Hawthorne, CAFresno, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,719$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock126164573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Hawthorne    4 Reviews

MARGARET · 

I lived there. Hawthorne is a ___hole. Crime, Drugs, Unemployment near 12% and, they can pay the police enough to stay and deal with all the crap! It has to be one of  More

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Great multi-cultural, family-oriented little enclave of Hawthorne called Wiseburn. Has a newly built middle school and a new elementary school is nearly complete. Not a  More

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Over 18 years ago

I wouldn't recomend anyone raise children here. The weather is about as mild as anywhere in the world, but the area is a little too rough for most normal people. There  More

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Reviews for Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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