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Sweet Home, OR vs Ridgecrest, CA

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Highlights
- Ridgecrest spends 15.4% less per student than Sweet Home.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.2% higher in Ridgecrest than in Sweet Home. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ridgecrest had 12.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sweet Home

Education
 Sweet Home, ORRidgecrest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,973$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,519$12,833$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,670$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.3822.6316.23
 Students per Librarian683352994573
 Students per Counselor325764530
 Grade School Educ.4.2%3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.15.6%6.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.80.2%90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.9%22.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.2%14.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.7.6%32.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.1.7%9.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.2%0.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.0%1.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Sweet Home    4 Reviews

My son and his family are looking at a job transfer from Medford where fire smoke is getting nearly unbearable. I told him it’s bad in this area too, but what do the  More

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Over 6 years ago

This little town has potential but not enough financial support backing its law enforcement and park area's. Very depressed community and as an old logging town it  More

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Sweet Home is a beautiful town in the mountains with a river running through town. There are two reservoirs within a few minutes drive. Great fishing, boating and  More

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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 12 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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ZIPS IN SWEET HOME, OREGON
97386
ZIPS IN RIDGECREST, CALIFORNIA
93555

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