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Katy, TX vs Taft, CA

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Highlights
- Taft spends 18.6% more per student than Katy.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.0% higher in Taft than in Katy. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Taft had 14.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Katy
 Katy, TXTaft, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock352994573
 Students per Counselor473  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Katy    24 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Katy is so nice. It is spread out in the typical Houston way, but I really enjoyed all of the Asian restaurants, shopping, and churches. Great place to raise a family.  More

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Over 5 years ago

Lived here my entire life, Great  More

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My kids has been it this school since it opened. It was great at first until they kept changing hands in principle. They had great plans but never get carried out. The  More

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Reviews for Taft    3 Reviews

J · Taft, CA
Over 7 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 18 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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