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Taft, CA vs Burlingame, CA

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Highlights
- Burlingame spends 32.1% more per student than Taft.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.5% lower in Burlingame than in Taft. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Burlingame had 17.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Taft

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 Taft, CABurlingame, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,207$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833$15,457$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,403$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.6319.7916.23
 Students per Librarian3529980554573
 Students per Counselor764431530
 Grade School Educ.4.7%2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.14.1%1.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.81.1%95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.32.9%13.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.0%5.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.9.3%65.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.1.6%17.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%7.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.0%5.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Taft    3 Reviews

J · Taft, CA
Over 5 years ago

I’ve lived here over 50 years. It use to be a wonderful place to grow up with a thriving downtown and jobs were plentiful. This is no longer the case in Taft. Jobs are  More

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I've lived in Taft for over 5 years. It's a nice community and very friendly people as long as you get involved, either through school or local churches. I've met many  More

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Over 16 years ago

the city of taft is located in southern California,a small community yet just 20 minutes from a large and thriving city "bakersfield" over 300000 people .amazingly you  More

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Reviews for Burlingame    4 Reviews

Burlingame is about half way between Silicon Valley and SF. It is a narrow piece of land stuck between 101 and the mountain foothills. Whereas quality of life is  More

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Over 17 years ago

Even being in the top 5% earning bracket of the entire county, one needs to keep your head down and plow through. It is too easy to become obsesesed with the cost of  More

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If you are young and just starting out, this is not the city for you. A tiny condo can cost five hundred thousand in a decent area. I would not advise first time home  More

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ZIPS IN TAFT, CALIFORNIA
93268 93252
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94010

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