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Taft, CA vs Ridgecrest, CA

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- Ridgecrest spends 0.0% less per student than Taft.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.0% lower in Ridgecrest than in Taft. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ridgecrest had 11.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Taft
 Taft, CARidgecrest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock352994573
 Students per Counselor764  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.14.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.32.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.9.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%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 Ridgecrest    7 Reviews

For context, I grew up in Ridgecrest and moved away after graduating high school. I have since lived in LA and the Bay Area but I visit RC often. RC is in the high  More

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Ridgecrest and Kern County are red state bastions in a land of blue voting counties. If you want a concealed weapons permit, you'll get it. Want to own any firearm  More

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Over 13 years ago

The hardest thing to get used to in Ridgecrest is the weather. It can get quite windy. And hot. 115 hot. But it's a dry heat! It does cool off in the evening, and it  More

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