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Taft, CA vs Oakhurst, CA

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Highlights
- Oakhurst spends 11.8% more per student than Taft.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.8% lower in Oakhurst than in Taft. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oakhurst had 10.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Taft
 Taft, CAOakhurst, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,999$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,031$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock72314573
 Students per Counselor764  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.14.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.32.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.9.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%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 Oakhurst    6 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

When researching or commenting on the water quality in Oakhurst it is important to know if the property is on a water system or a private well, to lump all into one  More

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Over 16 years ago

Coming from a much larger community, we really didn't expect much from the high school, but we were very pleasantly surprised. Yosemite High School has a wide variety  More

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Over 16 years ago

This is a nice town to raise a family. It is much cleaner, air is better, and if you have a hard-rock well like we do, the water is very good. Our family who live in  More

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