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Red Bluff, CA vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Bakersfield spends 3.1% more per student than Red Bluff.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.1% higher in Bakersfield than in Red Bluff. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bakersfield had 6.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Red Bluff
 Red Bluff, CABakersfield, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,233  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock352994573
 Students per Counselor446  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.33.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.12.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Red Bluff    8 Reviews

I grew up in this town and when I moved away - out of CA, living all across the US - I could not believe how much kinder people were in every other state and city that I  More

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Over 10 years ago

I grew up in this beautiful little town. It is located on the Sacramento River with the river coming right through the town. I don't live there anymore but have family  More

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Red Bluff,,, I was forced to move there when I married my husband. I begged to move to a real Californian town, such as San Diego. But No... Red Neck had to move home  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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