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Taft, CA vs Ojai, CA

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Highlights
- Ojai spends 6.3% less per student than Taft.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.1% higher in Ojai than in Taft. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ojai had 13.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Taft
 Taft, CAOjai, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,254$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,617$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock291284573
 Students per Counselor764  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.14.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.32.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.9.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%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 Ojai    7 Reviews

Ojai has it's social and environmental challenges. It's population can be insular and self-absorbed. I grew up in Palo Alto and lived in Berkeley in the 70's so I can  More

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Over 10 years ago

Yes, Ojai is pretty geographically but there are a lot of run down neighborhoods. There are no "rules" about keeping your house or yard up and therefore lots of people  More

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Over 11 years ago

From my contacts, this place is my idea of how I want to spend my remaining days on  More

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