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Boulder City, NV vs Tacoma, WA

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Highlights
- Tacoma spends 60.3% more per student than Boulder City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.8% lower in Tacoma than in Boulder City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tacoma had 5.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Boulder City

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 Boulder City, NVTacoma, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,456$18,363$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,498$14,056$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,642$7,966$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.9318.6816.23
 Students per Librarian72811394573
 Students per Counselor450441530
 Grade School Educ.1.2%4.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.3%5.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.5%90.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.8%23.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.4%10.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.0%31.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.0%8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%2.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.6%1.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Boulder City    4 Reviews

I'm an Air Force Veteran, born in New Jersey who left home at 18 and have live in at least 20 US towns and communities over the past fifty years. I moved out of Silicon  More

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Boulder City is all about Clean Green, but the only Dog Park in the city is all dirt. Henderson, NV and Las Vegas have multiple Grass dog parks. Boulder City has 3  More

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Over 16 years ago

All heavy truck traffic has been routed off the Hoover Dam since the 9-11 attacks due to national "infrastructure" security concerns and this has had the effect of  More

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Reviews for Tacoma    40 Reviews

I've lived in Tacoma for 3.5 years and love it! It's not a perfect city, nowhere is perfect and Tacoma does have its' share of problems, but overall have found T-Town  More

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Over 3 years ago

We LOVE tacoma. Grew up in Seattle, and tacoma is so much better! Easy access to the water, hiking, and Mt Rainier and the Olympics. We love the coffee shops and  More

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Over 4 years ago

Having lived over half my life here I can tell you real friends are few and far between. You will go through many and only have a handful who stick with you. Your  More

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ZIPS IN BOULDER CITY, NEVADA
89005
ZIPS IN TACOMA, WASHINGTON
98404, 98409, 98405, 98406, 98407, 98422, 98408, 98418, 98403, 98465, 13 total

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