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Fountain Hills, AZ vs Atwater, CA

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- Atwater spends 35.7% more per student than Fountain Hills.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.7% higher in Atwater than in Fountain Hills. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Atwater had 27.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fountain Hills
 Fountain Hills, AZAtwater, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,332$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,391$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock61024573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock15.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock70.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.1%1.5%
Reviews for Fountain Hills    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

We live in Boise but are seriously considering a move to Fountain Hills. We have visited FH and it's beautiful...but we are not sure we can do the Summers! In Boise  More

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Over 9 years ago

We have lived in many cities in the US we moved here 10 yrs ago raised 2 boys and I would not give it up for any other place. move here raise a family and retire  More

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Over 13 years ago

Beautiful homes with mountaineous  More

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Reviews for Atwater    7 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I've lived in Atwater Village for the past 11 years. It's rated one of the best neighborhoods in Los Angeles and I am in complete agreement with that. I've seen it  More

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It went from hellhole to paradise in less than five years. Now, there are more places to shop and eat. What was a boring, open field is now a huge shopping center off of  More

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This is a Little town of about 28,000 people. All ages, mainly Spanish Speaking. There are not very many varities of Resturants, or of Good Quality. The Housing is  More

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