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Elko, NV vs Brookings, OR

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Highlights
- Brookings spends 10.8% more per student than Elko.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.8% lower in Brookings than in Elko. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Brookings had 10.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Elko
 Elko, NVBrookings, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,683$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,499  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,071$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.16  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3224573
 Students per Counselor587  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
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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Reviews for Brookings    29 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Brookings Oregon is one of the most beautiful places in the world and has perfect weather. I searched for a retirement home, on the beach, for nearly ten years before  More

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Over 4 years ago

Brookings is an interesting place, very nice scenery, and excellent weather. The "locals" who inhabit this place are some of the most ignorant biased people you will  More

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Retired and moved here with my husband in 2020. Best decision we ever made. Amazing weather...even the rainy days are punctuated by crisp, sunny days in the winter. Not  More

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