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Apple Valley, CA vs Maricopa, AZ

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Highlights
- Maricopa spends 31.5% less per student than Apple Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.8% lower in Maricopa than in Apple Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Maricopa had 7.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Apple Valley

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 Apple Valley, CAMaricopa, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,673$10,044$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,060$8,414$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,933$4,280$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.7419.3816.23
 Students per Librarian1316673694573
 Students per Counselor531730530
 Grade School Educ.4.7%2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%5.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.86.2%92.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.0%26.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.4%11.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.9%23.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.2%6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%0.6%1.5%

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Reviews for Apple Valley    20 Reviews

I've lived in Apple Valley for 11 years. The town is poorly managed, but still an okay place to live. In your climate rating you say average rainfall is 14 inches per  More

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Over 5 years ago

Overall, it's a nice place to call home. The affordability makes it a desirable place to live, especially with the amount you get for your money. For people who own farm  More

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This is a beautiful place. Gorgeous sunsets and sunrises, many different kinds of birds including the Mockingbird and phoebes. When I first moved up here we had many  More

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Reviews for Maricopa    8 Reviews

I have recently visited Maricopa City to visit some of my family that were priced out of the East Valley Area. I can say that Maricopa City has things people are used to  More

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As someone who used to visit my Aunt out in Maricopa for days on end and play with my cousins back in the day, it was a sleepy town with not much retail, not much  More

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Over 6 years ago

Maricopa is one of the very few hard to find communities, where neighbors still care about one another and actually try to help each other. But at the same time stay  More

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ZIPS IN APPLE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
92308 92307
ZIPS IN MARICOPA, ARIZONA
85138 85139

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