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Capitan, NM vs Quartzsite, AZ

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Highlights
- Quartzsite spends 0.6% less per student than Capitan.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.5% higher in Quartzsite than in Capitan. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Quartzsite had 11.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Capitan
 Capitan, NMQuartzsite, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,708$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,715  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,982$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.81  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10884573
 Students per Counselor351  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.35.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock0.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.14.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Capitan    3 Reviews

I live a few miles outside Capitan in a beautiful rural area. I joined here only to be able to counter the extremely negative reviews published. Capitan is my market  More

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Over 7 years ago

The community is far from friendly and very trashy. Village government is twisted with an even more bizarre police department. Locals remind you "NM is a buyer beware  More

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Over 18 years ago

People who've lived in other places frequently comment on Capitan's great weather. Having lived here most of my life, I can't compare Capitan's climate to other places  More

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Reviews for Quartzsite    3 Reviews

We moved here from southern California. We had visited a couple of Winters and enjoyed it so much. It was hot where we moved from so the heat was no surprise.   More

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Maybe parts of the Colorado River are great and the camping in the winter time is fun but the summers are the second hottest in AZ. No where to go no shopping malls, no  More

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Have been going to Quartzsite for about 15 years for the flea market and shows and things have been going downhill at this yearly event in recent years. The town has  More

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