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Needles, CA vs Cathedral City, CA

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Highlights
- Cathedral City spends 4.2% more per student than Needles.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.7% higher in Cathedral City than in Needles. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cathedral City had 0.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Needles
 Needles, CACathedral City, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,296$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,060  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,941$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.74  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock249534573
 Students per Counselor531  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.18.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.11.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Needles    2 Reviews

I own a home in full, with no mortgage and a spacious yard. I can walk to white, sandy beach riverfront in 10 minutes from my front door. In 20 minutes I can be at  More

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Over 15 years ago

Have lived in Needles for 7 years now. This town is being over run with trash. The town is broke due to Dirt bags people that live off of the system. They said  More

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Reviews for Cathedral City    3 Reviews

Cathedral City is cheaper than Palm Springs and a few other local cities. It has lovely mountain views. It's a decidely middle-middle class community, especially on  More

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Cathedral City enjoys the lowest crime rate in the entire Coachella  More

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Relatively because it depends on where you came from. We moved here from Denver. There's been one murder here this year. I feel rather safe in this area as far as  More

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