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Ridgecrest, CA vs South Lake Tahoe, CA

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- South Lake Tahoe spends 23.1% less per student than Ridgecrest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.2% lower in South Lake Tahoe than in Ridgecrest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South Lake Tahoe had 3.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ridgecrest
 Ridgecrest, CASouth Lake Tahoe, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,688$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,768$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock106814573
 Students per Counselor764  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 South Lake Tahoe    10 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Pretty boring town. Very run down and seedy too. Lake is nothing special either. I much prefer the Pacific coast or even the Atlantic coast or great  More

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Seriously I don't get what the big deal about this dump is everything is grossly overpriced scenery is boring and not at all interesting very boring nothing to do very  More

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Over 5 years ago

Beautiful place to live. This site has most of the details wrong, has somehow lumped it together with Sacramento. Elevation is 6250 feet at the lake. Weather is cold in  More

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