2025 Compare Cities Education:
Wharton, TX vs Fresno, CA

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Highlights
- Fresno spends 9.8% more per student than Wharton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 49.7% higher in Fresno than in Wharton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fresno had 2.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Wharton
 Wharton, TXFresno, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,612  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,719$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.28  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock126164573
 Students per Counselor344  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.17.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.12.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Wharton    2 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Way to hot and humid in the summer. Wonderful in te winter  More

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Over 16 years ago

my husband has a chance to come to wadsworth and work at stp, i am hoping to come with him, we live in a small town in georgia ( byron},i love small towns. hope to be  More

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Reviews for Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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