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Post Falls, ID vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Bakersfield spends 72.7% more per student than Post Falls.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.5% higher in Bakersfield than in Post Falls. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bakersfield had 12.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Post Falls

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 Post Falls, IDBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$8,804$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,177$12,833$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,065$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.9422.6316.23
 Students per Librarian1063352994573
 Students per Counselor402764530
 Grade School Educ.1.4%9.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.5%9.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.2%81.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.32.8%24.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.6%8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.1%22.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.3.9%5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%1.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.3%0.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Post Falls    6 Reviews

In moving here I knew about the snow. Not a matter of if but how much. What I didn't know was how windy it gets and how often. I also didn't know about the dust. It's  More

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Over 5 years ago

Moved here from Seattle in 2018. Even though the population is under 40,000 it doesn't feel like small town Mayberry. The biggest mistake I see happening is the building  More

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Post Falls had great potential; too bad the city planning committee blew it! It's such a disorganized bunch of housing communities built just what looks like where ever  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 3 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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ZIPS IN POST FALLS, IDAHO
83854
ZIPS IN BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA
93307, 93306, 93309, 93312, 93313, 93304, 93311, 93305, 93301, 93220, 10 total

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