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Sun City, AZ vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Bakersfield spends 44.0% more per student than Sun City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.1% higher in Bakersfield than in Sun City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bakersfield had 12.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sun City
 Sun City, AZBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock352994573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Sun City    9 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

We are so happy to live in Sun City. The Sun City Recreation Centers are available for use by all citizens who pay the yearly membership (required). There are many  More

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Over 16 years ago

Sun City, Arizona is a great place to live either year round or as a snow bird. Sun City has wonderful recreation centers (8 and counting) with over 150 clubs with  More

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Over 16 years ago

I lived in Payson, but moved away searching for some Culture, drama, & musicals. I really enjoyed the hiking, and ourdoors living in Payson. After I recuperated from  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 5 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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