2025 Compare Cities Education:
West Sacramento, CA vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Bakersfield spends 8.8% more per student than West Sacramento.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.5% higher in Bakersfield than in West Sacramento. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bakersfield had 2.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Sacramento
 West Sacramento, CABakersfield, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,207  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock352994573
 Students per Counselor523  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for West Sacramento    2 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Horrible-all the way around. The worst people I have ever met and it's all over and well known for it. I would have thought the area would have been pretty  More

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Over 18 years ago

For those of you who love warm without humidity, this is the place for you. We have at least three months with an average temperture of + 80 degrees  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 4 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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