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Ridgecrest, CA vs Irvine, CA

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Highlights
- Irvine spends 0.5% more per student than Ridgecrest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.6% higher in Irvine than in Ridgecrest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Irvine had 6.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Ridgecrest
 Ridgecrest, CAIrvine, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor764  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.6%1.5%
Reviews for Ridgecrest    7 Reviews

For context, I grew up in Ridgecrest and moved away after graduating high school. I have since lived in LA and the Bay Area but I visit RC often. RC is in the high  More

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Ridgecrest and Kern County are red state bastions in a land of blue voting counties. If you want a concealed weapons permit, you'll get it. Want to own any firearm  More

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Over 13 years ago

The hardest thing to get used to in Ridgecrest is the weather. It can get quite windy. And hot. 115 hot. But it's a dry heat! It does cool off in the evening, and it  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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