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Elk City, OK vs Elko, NV

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- Elko spends 28.4% more per student than Elk City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.2% higher in Elko than in Elk City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Elko had 5.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Elk City
 Elk City, OKElko, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,248$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,446  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,906$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9074573
 Students per Counselor331  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Elk City    1 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Elk City has very friendly people! The climate is very good. Not exceptionally cold in the winter. Very little snow. Summers can be hot but not a lot of days of  More

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Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 16 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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