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Denver, CO vs El Mirage, AZ

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Highlights
- El Mirage spends 36.0% less per student than Denver.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.4% higher in El Mirage than in Denver. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- El Mirage had 13.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Denver
 Denver, COEl Mirage, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,519  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.9  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor411  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Denver    470 Reviews

During my 25 years in Denver, I’ve witnessed trends found in other metro areas: homeless camps, panhandlers, worsening traffic, increased crime and rapidly appreciating  More

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I've lived in the Denver area for about eight years now. Moved here for college planning to get out as soon as I was done with college, and predictably got stuck  More

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I've lived in the city since I was born (1998) and I just was ready to get out. I'm a Denver native and I am ashamed of my city. I moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  More

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Reviews for El Mirage    3 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Hi I found a $70,000 foreclosure house in El Mirage. Is it worth  More

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Over 16 years ago

Affordable and still close to  More

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Over 16 years ago

City-Data.com says that El Mirage Az is 68.8 hispanic ( i.e.mexican) and your site says it is 66% white. Both sites sites claim to have census stats and yet they also  More

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