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Needles, CA vs Taft, CA

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Highlights
- Taft spends 3.6% more per student than Needles.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.5% lower in Taft than in Needles. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Taft had 2.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Needles
 Needles, CATaft, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,060  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.74  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock352994573
 Students per Counselor531  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.18.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.11.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%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 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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