2025 Compare Cities Education:
Needles, CA vs Irvine, CA

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Highlights
- Irvine spends 4.1% more per student than Needles.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.1% higher in Irvine than in Needles. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Irvine had 21.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Needles
 Needles, CAIrvine, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,060  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.74  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor531  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.18.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.11.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.6%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 Irvine    42 Reviews

We've lived in Irvine since '87. We have raised two children within the ISUD. Both are grown up. Sure, there have been many changes since then.. the City has  More

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I've lived in Irvine for 2 years and in Orange County for 10 so I'm pretty familiar with the area by now and all it has to offer. Perhaps my review of this place has  More

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I wouldn't live elsewhere. I originally moved to Irvine in 2002 from the Midwest, not knowing what it even was. I left and moved around a great deal locally in OC,  More

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