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Taft, CA vs Missoula, MT

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Highlights
- Missoula spends 15.4% less per student than Taft.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.4% lower in Missoula than in Taft. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Missoula had 19.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Taft
 Taft, CAMissoula, MTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,865$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,770$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4694573
 Students per Counselor764  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.14.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.32.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.9.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.7%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 Missoula    48 Reviews

I've lived here for 10 years and my view of the city has turned as we (barely) managed to buy a home, started a family, and the blight of homelessness has escalated out  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived here for 6 years, and it never got any easier to live, I'm a Native American, these people her look down on us, I have been put in jail for sitting in a parking  More

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I have lived in Missoula on and off for the last 30 years, but consistently for the last 12. I met my wife and had my kids here. My father and my wife's entire family  More

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