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Hendersonville, TN vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Bakersfield spends 52.1% more per student than Hendersonville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 50.9% higher in Bakersfield than in Hendersonville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bakersfield had 13.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Hendersonville
 Hendersonville, TNBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,369  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock352994573
 Students per Counselor417  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Hendersonville    6 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Our property taxes of $2K get us an excellent school system, with new modern facilities, a 92 member local Police Department, a 103 member paid full time Fire  More

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Over 17 years ago

The real estate people will tell you these are the "best schools, blue ribbon" but when you check the cost spent per student and you will realize it is very  More

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Over 19 years ago

The actual home average in Hendersonville is still roughly in the $180k range. New construction starts in the $250,000 range. I've lived in Hendersonville for almost  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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