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Taft, CA vs Redwood City, CA

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Highlights
- Redwood City spends 32.1% more per student than Taft.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.5% lower in Redwood City than in Taft. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Redwood City had 9.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Taft
 Taft, CARedwood City, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock80554573
 Students per Counselor764  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.14.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.32.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.9.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.1%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 Redwood City    11 Reviews

(Caveating everything with "it's Bay Area prices") Redwood City is a large sprawling town where you can find just about anything you're looking for. There's great  More

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The entire Bay Area is ridiculous. You can't compare it to other areas. RWC is reasonably cheap for the area. I pay $5K for a rental townhouse in one of the many  More

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Lovely weather. Safe place to live (I live in Redwood Shores). The only thing that keeps this place from being 5 stars is the cost of housing. When you have to pay an  More

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