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Phoenix, AZ vs Elko, NV

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Highlights
- Elko spends 25.4% more per student than Phoenix.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.4% lower in Elko than in Phoenix. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Elko had 1.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Phoenix

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 Phoenix, AZElko, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,564$13,248$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653$11,499$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,810$6,906$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.2418.1616.23
 Students per Librarian23489074573
 Students per Counselor718587530
 Grade School Educ.8.2%7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%8.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.83.5%84.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%27.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.0%10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.6%18.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.2%6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.2%0.4%1.5%

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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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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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ZIPS IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA
85032, 85033, 85041, 85008, 85035, 85037, 85022, 85009, 85254, 85339, 47 total
ZIPS IN ELKO, NEVADA
89801

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