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Los Altos, CA vs Taft, CA

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- Taft spends 17.4% less per student than Los Altos.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.8% higher in Taft than in Los Altos. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Taft had 18.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Los Altos
 Los Altos, CATaft, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock352994573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.85.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Los Altos    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Expensive but worth  More

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Over 17 years ago

the quality of life here is very high however the cost of living is also high. extremely high as a matter of fact. I'd like to look at other communities that are less  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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