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Carson City, NV vs Phoenix, AZ

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Highlights
- Phoenix spends 14.5% more per student than Carson City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.5% lower in Phoenix than in Carson City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Phoenix had 4.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carson City

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 Carson City, NVPhoenix, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,224$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,679$8,653$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,732$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.9518.2416.23
 Students per Librarian217823484573
 Students per Counselor877718530
 Grade School Educ.4.3%8.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.0%8.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.7%83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.9%22.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.2%8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.1%30.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.2%8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%1.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Carson City    15 Reviews

Visited on and off over the years. It is actually green in the surrounding areas, right in town it lacks good green planning. Being so close to Carson and Tahoe,  More

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Over 2 years ago

I'd give Carson City a zero if I could. Simply, there's nothing to do here except drink and gamble. Sure, Tahoe seems close, but the vibrant part is about 40 minutes  More

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Carson City, Nevada is a wonderful place to raise a family and/or retire. We raised our two youngest children here and now we are retired, after moving to CC 21 years  More

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Reviews for Phoenix    447 Reviews

Phoenix has tons of the best places to shop and eat at bar none due to it being the big city. Downtown is definitely underrated. There also is some nice new developments  More

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Phoenix Arizona represents a lot of problems with Arizona but it is the big city which has to carry more burdens than the rest of the greater Phoenix Area. 1.  More

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I have lived here my whole life and it used to be not be as busy as it is. It used to be a state where old people would retire in this state and used to be cheap. To put  More

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ZIPS IN CARSON CITY, NEVADA
89701 89706 89703
ZIPS IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA
85032, 85033, 85041, 85008, 85035, 85037, 85022, 85009, 85254, 85339, 47 total

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