2025 Compare Cities Education:
Chaparral, NM vs Sierra Vista, AZ

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Highlights
- Sierra Vista spends 15.1% less per student than Chaparral.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.7% higher in Sierra Vista than in Chaparral. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sierra Vista had 47.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Chaparral
 Chaparral, NMSierra Vista, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,785$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,964  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,892$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.76  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock31414573
 Students per Counselor835  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.15.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.8.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Chaparral    2 Reviews

Most people don't know us. When people ask "where are you originally from," and I say Chaparral, NM, they are like, "where?" Other people I meet from NM are from Las  More

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From one Santa Fe transplant to a possible other, think long and hard about moving to Santa Fe. Sure, the scenery is beautiful, the weather is not too bad and there is  More

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Reviews for Sierra Vista    30 Reviews

I've lived in Sierra Vista for 22 months. It has positives and negatives. Bisbee, Tombstone, being close to Tucson, are positives. The views are beautiful. There's lots  More

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Over 3 years ago

Nice town, quite, huge military community and snowbirds in winter. If you want to live where you can not be mugged and have beautiful views for miles, this is the  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have lived in Sierra Vista 3 years and for 6 months, in the town north of S.V. sierra Vista lives up to its name with gorgeous mountains encircling you and sunrises  More

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