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Boulder City, NV vs Oro Valley, AZ

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- Oro Valley spends 6.1% less per student than Boulder City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.0% lower in Oro Valley than in Boulder City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oro Valley had 1.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Boulder City
 Boulder City, NVOro Valley, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,756$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,498  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,785$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14474573
 Students per Counselor450  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.5%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 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 15 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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