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Chico, CA vs Tucson, AZ

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Highlights
- Tucson spends 30.2% less per student than Chico.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.1% lower in Tucson than in Chico. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tucson had 7.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Chico

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 Chico, CATucson, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,415$10,756$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,014$8,897$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,909$4,785$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.3516.6616.23
 Students per Librarian584314474573
 Students per Counselor455519530
 Grade School Educ.2.7%5.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%8.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.4%86.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.5%25.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.2%8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%28.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.7%8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%1.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%1.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 2 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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Reviews for Tucson    286 Reviews

I was reading the reviews for Tucson, and after living there for 6 years, I feel the need to weigh in. There are many pros in Tucson: access to recreational areas,  More

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I spend considerable time in and around Tucson, and I've see it rapidly going "downhill" since 2020. It's definitely not the nice town I remember from when I was a  More

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Almost eight years and this place still hasn't grown on me. Or my spouse. The summers are oppressive, and the winters (thanks, climate change!) are now wet even though  More

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ZIPS IN CHICO, CALIFORNIA
95926 95928 95973
ZIPS IN TUCSON, ARIZONA
85710, 85706, 85705, 85719, 85713, 85756, 85711, 85730, 85745, 85712, 21 total

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