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Salina, KS vs Tehachapi, CA

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- Tehachapi spends 13.2% less per student than Salina.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 84.7% higher in Tehachapi than in Salina. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tehachapi had 13.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Salina
 Salina, KSTehachapi, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,165  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.25  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock352994573
 Students per Counselor352  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Salina    6 Reviews

I moved here 3 years ago, because I wanted to raise my children in a small town. We lived in a big city with a lot of crime and the some kids were always in trouble. I  More

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Salina in some parts is so wild that there are animals, tutles and skunks I saw at night while dring a beer outside the market near Tony's Pizza factory ownd by the  More

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Over 10 years ago

I was there for almost a whole year. I stayed at the Salina Rescue Mission for free however nothing is really "free". Housing- Salina downtown purports to have cheap  More

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Reviews for Tehachapi    8 Reviews

We moved out of the Los Angeles/Orange County area to escape the traffic. When we moved to bear Valley Springs (about 15 miles outside of Tehachapi) there was literally  More

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Over 7 years ago

I lived here for over 18 years before moving away and still don't miss this town. This town is great for the elderly and young families but not great for teens and young  More

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Tehachapi is a Mountain Community in the southern part of the Sierra Nevada between the Central Valley (Bakersfield) and the Antelope Valley (Mojave, Palmdale,  More

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