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Boulder City, NV vs Aurora, CO

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Highlights
- Aurora spends 32.9% more per student than Boulder City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.4% lower in Aurora than in Boulder City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Aurora had 9.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Boulder City
 Boulder City, NVAurora, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,228$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,498  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,402$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock17764573
 Students per Counselor450  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Boulder City    4 Reviews

I'm an Air Force Veteran, born in New Jersey who left home at 18 and have live in at least 20 US towns and communities over the past fifty years. I moved out of Silicon  More

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Boulder City is all about Clean Green, but the only Dog Park in the city is all dirt. Henderson, NV and Las Vegas have multiple Grass dog parks. Boulder City has 3  More

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Over 17 years ago

All heavy truck traffic has been routed off the Hoover Dam since the 9-11 attacks due to national "infrastructure" security concerns and this has had the effect of  More

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Reviews for Aurora    40 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Used to be affordable. I lived in aurora for 5 years and it was a great because I could drive to all the cool places in Denver and elsewhere. I was priced out  More

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It is ok. Not great. It used to be worth the cost (4/5 stars). The schools are mediocre, the people are hit or miss. People born here are friendly but  More

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Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for 10 years, and I gotta say, it's easily one of the most overpriced cities I've ever lived in. The cost of living makes it not worth it to live here,  More

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