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Denver, CO vs Sun Lakes, AZ

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Highlights
- Sun Lakes spends 36.0% less per student than Denver.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.4% higher in Sun Lakes than in Denver. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sun Lakes had 8.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Denver
 Denver, COSun Lakes, 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.  Unlock0.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%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 Sun Lakes    7 Reviews

Great place to live very inexpensive HOA great restaurants at half the price of regular house restaurant drinks half price Golf $35 you can’t beat the place and  More

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Over 6 years ago

Wow, this place sucka. Patrol is a joke with senile old men, CCRs not enforced unless you are a whiney loudmouth or on the board. Landscape committee. Cost us thousands  More

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Sun Lakes used to be a nice, quiet 55+ community but in the past few years it has become fallen victim to short term rentals, investors, speculators, house flippers and  More

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