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Taft, CA vs Los Banos, CA

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Highlights
- Los Banos spends 5.8% less per student than Taft.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.9% lower in Los Banos than in Taft. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Los Banos had 13.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Taft
 Taft, CALos Banos, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,332$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,391$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock61024573
 Students per Counselor764  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock17.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.14.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock70.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.32.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.9.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%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 Los Banos    6 Reviews

Everything I think about this town has already been said. And those things unfortunately are more in the negative category. Not too much good to say about this town.   More

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The most attractive part of Los Banos is their proximity to San Jose and relatively low housing prices. However, if you look at it from different angles Los Banos may  More

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Over 7 years ago

Inaccurate facts. The heat in Los Banos is relentless. From May to mid or end of September100 +degrees. I lived there most of my 59 years. It is oppressive. It can go  More

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