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Elko, NV vs Safford, AZ

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Highlights
- Safford spends 25.2% less per student than Elko.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.9% higher in Safford than in Elko. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Safford had 0.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Elko
 Elko, NVSafford, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,904$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,499  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,297$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.16  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11584573
 Students per Counselor587  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%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 Safford    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

The newest percentage of unemployment in Graham County is 8.6 percent in mid-2012 , which is down quite a bit from 11.3 in  More

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Over 17 years ago

Safford and Graham county have only 2 seasons, summer and not summer. Too hot from june 1st through september. Allergies are a problem in this area due to dirty air and  More

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Our teachers are overwhelmed and most classes that I am aware of have at least 23 or more students. Some class sizes are reported to be above 30 per teacher. Our town  More

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