2025 Compare Cities Education:
Holly Springs, NC vs Bakersfield, CA

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- Bakersfield spends 30.9% more per student than Holly Springs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 49.8% higher in Bakersfield than in Holly Springs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bakersfield had 14.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Holly Springs
 Holly Springs, NCBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,531  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.11  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock352994573
 Students per Counselor300  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Holly Springs    2 Reviews

I moved to Holly Springs with my husband when I was 21 years old, right after I had finished college. We chose Holly Springs for the convenient location, affordable  More

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Over 18 years ago

I moved to the Triangle in 1993, and into Holly Springs in 1995. It has been fun living here and watching the town grow. When we moved, there were 3,000 people in the  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 4 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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