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Elko, NV vs Birmingham, AL

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Highlights
- Birmingham spends 0.4% less per student than Elko.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.4% higher in Birmingham than in Elko. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Birmingham had 4.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Elko

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 Elko, NVBirmingham, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,248$13,194$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,499$11,144$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,906$6,493$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.1619.3216.23
 Students per Librarian9075474573
 Students per Counselor587417530
 Grade School Educ.7.5%3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.0%9.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.84.5%87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.8%22.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.0%8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.1%28.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.7%6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%2.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.4%1.6%1.5%

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Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 15 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 16 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 4 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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ZIPS IN ELKO, NEVADA
89801
ZIPS IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
35215, 35211, 35205, 35235, 35206, 35208, 35212, 35204, 35207, 35222, 18 total

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