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Castle Rock, CO vs Phoenix, AZ

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Highlights
- Phoenix spends 16.8% less per student than Castle Rock.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.5% higher in Phoenix than in Castle Rock. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Phoenix had 14.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Castle Rock
 Castle Rock, COPhoenix, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,748  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.62  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor279  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Castle Rock    12 Reviews

My fiance and I moved here in 2018 shortly after finishing college. I work in Colorado Springs and she works in the Denver area, so Castle Rock was practically our only  More

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Over 7 years ago

I have always been mobile for my career, until I moved to Castle Rock. I've lived in in multiple cities in the Midwest including Chicago and have visited nearly every  More

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Over 11 years ago

we have four seasons, and the rockies are only two hrs.away. so for the outdoors enthusist sking or hiking is like no other place you have been or seen it is hard to  More

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Reviews for Phoenix    449 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

As someone that has worked in Phoenix for close to 20 years now. There is great areas to eat at, great opportunities for premium small businesses to set up shop and even  More

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Over 1 years ago

Phoenix is a city of potential and definitely has a bad reputation that is not completely deserved all throughout the city itself. There is tons of things to do, places  More

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Phoenix has tons of the best places to shop and eat at bar none due to it being the big city. Downtown is definitely underrated. There also is some nice new developments  More

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