2025 Compare Cities Education:
Newburyport, MA vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Bakersfield spends 24.8% less per student than Newburyport.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 88.0% higher in Bakersfield than in Newburyport. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bakersfield had 16.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Newburyport
 Newburyport, MABakersfield, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$17,386  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.04  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock352994573
 Students per Counselor355  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Newburyport    7 Reviews

Newburyport has all four seasons that are fair and great. Spring and Fall is very nice in the Port! Summer can be very hot as much as I dislike it, but I always go  More

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Over 15 years ago

I was born and raised in Newburyport,I have moved away several times but always seem to end up back here since I have kids and my entire family still lives here and  More

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Over 16 years ago

Newburyport Nightlife I love this city. I lived in Europe for 18 years, and when I came back to live in New England, I briefly lived in my home town of Winchester  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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