2024 Compare Cities Education:
Wellington, FL vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Bakersfield spends 16.8% more per student than Wellington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.2% higher in Bakersfield than in Wellington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bakersfield had 13.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Wellington
 Wellington, FLBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,018$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,942$12,833$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,960$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.3822.6316.23
 Students per Librarian745352994573
 Students per Counselor433764530
 Grade School Educ.1.7%9.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%9.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.9%81.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.9%24.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.6%8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.1%22.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.4%5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.9%1.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.2%0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Wellington    12 Reviews

Unfortunately, our recently elected Mayor Anne Gerwig along with the city council unexpectedly and rather quickly voted unanimously to reinstate the highly contentious  More

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Over 13 years ago

The weather is  More

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Over 13 years ago

We were NY transplants that moved to Wellington, FL after having lived in Southern Palm Beach County (Boca Raton and Delray Beach) for several years. Having 3 young  More

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Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

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