2025 Compare Cities Education:
Yelm, WA vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Bakersfield spends 11.1% less per student than Yelm.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.7% higher in Bakersfield than in Yelm. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bakersfield had 12.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Yelm
 Yelm, WABakersfield, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock352994573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.35.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Yelm    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Yelm is a very nice city to live in. Small enough to have that small town flavor but big enough not to be cramped. Has access to pretty much everywhere you want to go.  More

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I've lived in Yelm 2 years now and LOVE IT! We moved here to get away of the crazyness and extreamly crampedness of the "suburbia"of Puyallup which is just outside of  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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