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Boulder City, NV vs Sparks, NV

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Highlights
- Sparks spends 18.9% more per student than Boulder City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.4% lower in Sparks than in Boulder City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sparks had 10.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Boulder City
 Boulder City, NVSparks, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,626$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,498  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,562$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4914573
 Students per Counselor450  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Sparks    14 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Nice place to live. Lots of events, recreation, and  More

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LOVE it! Fifth generation Reno/Sparks native. Paternal great grandparents born and raised in Reno. Sparks has an old fashioned home town feeling. I love Sparks! Great  More

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Over 17 years ago

Do not listen to the Californian. Sparks has all 4 seasons. It does snow here but the snow is very wet and melts quickly and it does not snow six months out of the year.  More

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