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Taft, CA vs Carmel Valley Village, CA

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- Carmel Valley Village spends 1.1% more per student than Taft.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.0% lower in Carmel Valley Village than in Taft. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carmel Valley Village had 20.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Taft
 Taft, CACarmel Valley Village, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,375$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,645$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock289524573
 Students per Counselor764  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.14.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.32.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.9.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%1.5%
Reviews for Taft    3 Reviews

J · Taft, CA
Over 6 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 17 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 Carmel Valley Village    2 Reviews

It was a great place to grow up in the 70s. However, it has become very expensive. Natural beauty abounds. Reasonable drives to get to Carmel or down the coast to Big  More

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A tresure, a precious gem, fresh, sweet smeeling air everytime I round the corner into the village, kind people, gorgeous scenes everywhere-trees, creeks, flowers,  More

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