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Taft, CA vs Pasadena, TX

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Highlights
- Pasadena spends 15.7% less per student than Taft.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.1% lower in Pasadena than in Taft. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pasadena had 10.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Taft
 Taft, CAPasadena, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,825$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,942$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14704573
 Students per Counselor764  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock15.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.14.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock72.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.32.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.9.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%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 Pasadena    10 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

For starters I'm an African American, I'm a military veteran honorably discharged , I'm a tax payer and new home owner I'm married with 3 children. I'm from Chicago  More

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Over 15 years ago

I have noticed that more and more people living in Pasadena, Texas park in their yards and I have seen a number of them even driving and parking on our side walks. It's  More

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I am considering a move to Pasadena now, but am concerned about the apparent lack of money being spent on the infrastructure. The roads are in dire need of repair and  More

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