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Lake Elsinore, CA vs Taft, CA

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- Taft spends 0.6% less per student than Lake Elsinore.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.1% lower in Taft than in Lake Elsinore. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Taft had 3.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Elsinore
 Lake Elsinore, CATaft, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.36  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock352994573
 Students per Counselor526  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Lake Elsinore    10 Reviews

The new comfort index for Lake Elsinore is 78. I lived in Lake Elsinore for 10 years, and there are usually 100+ days that the temperature is over 90, and several weeks  More

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8/23/2013 To someone thinking of moving to Lake Elsinore I really want to write this to you because I was in you position a year and a half ago. I was living in Delmar  More

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Over 15 years ago

How is the area near the Ortegas? I see a lot of families. Is this a good place for kids and  More

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Reviews for Taft    3 Reviews

J · Taft, CA
Over 6 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 17 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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