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Boulder City, NV vs Ridgecrest, CA

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Highlights
- Ridgecrest spends 32.7% more per student than Boulder City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.2% higher in Ridgecrest than in Boulder City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ridgecrest had 5.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Boulder City

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 Boulder City, NVRidgecrest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,456$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,498$12,833$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,642$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.9322.6316.23
 Students per Librarian728352994573
 Students per Counselor450764530
 Grade School Educ.1.2%3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.3%6.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.5%90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.8%22.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.4%14.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.0%32.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.0%9.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%0.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.6%1.3%1.5%

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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 16 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 Ridgecrest    7 Reviews

For context, I grew up in Ridgecrest and moved away after graduating high school. I have since lived in LA and the Bay Area but I visit RC often. RC is in the high  More

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Ridgecrest and Kern County are red state bastions in a land of blue voting counties. If you want a concealed weapons permit, you'll get it. Want to own any firearm  More

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Over 12 years ago

The hardest thing to get used to in Ridgecrest is the weather. It can get quite windy. And hot. 115 hot. But it's a dry heat! It does cool off in the evening, and it  More

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ZIPS IN BOULDER CITY, NEVADA
89005
ZIPS IN RIDGECREST, CALIFORNIA
93555

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