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Boulder City, NV vs Pahrump, NV

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- Pahrump spends 13.6% more per student than Boulder City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.9% lower in Pahrump than in Boulder City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pahrump had 9.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Boulder City
 Boulder City, NVPahrump, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,012$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,498  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,061$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6204573
 Students per Counselor450  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Pahrump    28 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

There is so much new blood here and it's young. With the opening of Arby's, Chipotle, and maybe Dutch Brothers it's starting to feel a lot bigger than it used to. There  More

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Over 3 years ago

We moved to Pahrump about 7 years ago after our home in Las Vegas sold to the first couple looking at it, and we couldn't find a home there that we liked in our price  More

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Someone needs to update this information. Things have changed. The Town of Pahrump is making changes. No one wants negative comments about where they live, and the fact  More

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