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Santee, CA vs Oro Valley, AZ

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Highlights
- Oro Valley spends 34.2% less per student than Santee.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.4% lower in Oro Valley than in Santee. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oro Valley had 5.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santee

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 Santee, CAOro Valley, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,358$10,756$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,161$8,897$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,084$4,785$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.6516.6616.23
 Students per Librarian1874414474573
 Students per Counselor513519530
 Grade School Educ.2.6%1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.4%1.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.1%97.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.7%18.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.9%8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.2%56.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.5%17.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%4.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.9%4.5%1.5%

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Reviews for Santee    10 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

I have lived in Santee for 36 years and the changes have been extensive. Traffic has been, and still is, a big problem. However, that's a problem in most CA towns and  More

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Over 12 years ago

San Diego in general is a very expensive place to live. Santee is less so but compared to the rest of the country we are way over  More

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Over 16 years ago

Santee has a great quality of life,low crime, good schools(some of the best schools east county has to offer), fairly short commute time, as it is fairly well central in  More

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Reviews for Oro Valley    5 Reviews

Some of these reviews are so inaccurate. Rentals for a 2-bedroom are closer to $1000/mo and up if you want to live in a safer neighborhood. People here are so intolerant  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have lived here in Oro Valley for 3.8 years -love it here. however lack of cultural diversity, water and the 100+ heat each day for 3 months a year means that i am  More

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I am a retiree from New York. I moved to Tucson two years ago. Now we are about to buy a home in Oro Valley, just north of Tucson. I love this area. The mountains  More

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ZIPS IN SANTEE, CALIFORNIA
92071
ZIPS IN ORO VALLEY, ARIZONA
85737 85755

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