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Sonora, CA vs Phoenix, AZ

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Highlights
- Phoenix spends 24.8% less per student than Sonora.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.6% lower in Phoenix than in Sonora. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Phoenix had 9.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sonora

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 Sonora, CAPhoenix, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,052$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,803$8,653$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,808$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.9618.2416.23
 Students per Librarian023484573
 Students per Counselor721718530
 Grade School Educ.4.4%8.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%8.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.9%83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.4%22.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.9%8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.2%30.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.3%8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.7%1.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Sonora    15 Reviews

I have lived in Sonora for two and a half years and love it. Some of the earlier reviews I read scared me before coming. Here is what we have found. We live in a  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have lived here for 8 years and I absolutely hate it. This town is not built for all the people it has to accommodate. Everyone from the ENTIRE county comes here to do  More

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Lived here for 21 years since my family moved up from the valley (to get away from gang violence and other crime). Traffic doesn't pay attention constantly running  More

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Reviews for Phoenix    448 Reviews

Phoenix is a city of potential and definitely has a bad reputation that is not completely deserved all throughout the city itself. There is tons of things to do, places  More

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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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ZIPS IN SONORA, CALIFORNIA
95370
ZIPS IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA
85032, 85033, 85041, 85008, 85035, 85037, 85022, 85009, 85254, 85339, 47 total

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