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Taft, CA vs Fort Pierce, FL

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Highlights
- Fort Pierce spends 26.5% less per student than Taft.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.2% lower in Fort Pierce than in Taft. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Pierce had 3.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Taft
 Taft, CAFort Pierce, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,181$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,827$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11554573
 Students per Counselor764  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.14.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.32.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.9.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%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 Fort Pierce    4 Reviews

Fort Pierce has both beautiful pristine Atlantic Ocean Beaches and Indian River Lagoon state of the art marinas. The two are linked by the best ocean inlet in the state  More

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Over 18 years ago

Entertainment is  More

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Over 18 years ago

I moved here from Ohio nearly three years ago. It was fun at first...fishing,the beach and the winter weather was nice. But, after the honeymoon was over, I began to see  More

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