2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lewiston, ME vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Bakersfield spends 0.9% less per student than Lewiston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 96.3% higher in Bakersfield than in Lewiston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bakersfield had 7.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lewiston
 Lewiston, MEBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,737  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock352994573
 Students per Counselor313  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Lewiston    7 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Sadley, there's little hope if this town can rise up to overcome the extreme poverty of this socio-economical class in an underserved community, unless... PARENTS do  More

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I have lived and worked in Lewiston-Auburn for nearly 30 years and I think it's a wonderful place to raise a family. We sent both our kids to the Lewiston public  More

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Despite years of efforts to revitalize Maine's second largest city, it seems Lewiston will always be joked about as the "armpit" of the State. City and State leaders  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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