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Anchorage, AK vs West Valley City, UT

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Highlights
- West Valley City spends 34.3% less per student than Anchorage.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.7% higher in West Valley City than in Anchorage. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- West Valley City had 11.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Anchorage

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 Anchorage, AKWest Valley City, UTUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,628$10,932$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,402$8,558$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,961$5,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.4421.5816.23
 Students per Librarian49921914573
 Students per Counselor413543530
 Grade School Educ.2.2%6.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%9.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.2%83.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%24.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.6%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.8%15.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.8%2.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%0.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%0.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Anchorage    83 Reviews

Anchorage had potential but with the massive amount of homeless the petty crime is on the rise. I chose to live in a town outside of Anchorage rather than the city for  More

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I lived in Anchorage for the better part of the 2010's. Pros: o Beautiful, mountain and ocean views; close to many hiking trails, campsites, fishing grounds,  More

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it's nice, i liked it when i grew up there. kinda wish i could move back, but i didn't really like being isolated from all the things like nordstrom, trader joe's,  More

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Reviews for West Valley City    2 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

West Valley City has 3 pretty distinct areas/neighborhoods. They're separated by zip code. East of the 3200 W can be pretty rough. I would not live there. Between the  More

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Over 10 years ago

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ZIPS IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
99504, 99507, 99508, 99577, 99502, 99515, 99516, 99501, 99517, 99503, 17 total
ZIPS IN WEST VALLEY CITY, UTAH
84119 84120 84128

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