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Arvada, CO vs Boise City, ID

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Highlights
- Boise City spends 30.3% less per student than Arvada.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.5% higher in Boise City than in Arvada. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boise City had 0.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Arvada
 Arvada, COBoise City, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,223  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.28  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor233  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Arvada    6 Reviews

We absolutely love it here. Schools are top notch and being close to the mountains is amazing.  More

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Over 7 years ago

I sorely miss the agricultural element that was a big part of Arvada, even up through the 1970s. The climate is beautiful, and Arvada used to have a large population of  More

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Over 10 years ago

Having lived in Arvada, Colorado for seven years, I will say that it is a nice and safe city to live in. The educational system is very good, as is the crime rate. The  More

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Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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