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Fountain Hills, AZ vs Elko, NV

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- Elko spends 25.4% more per student than Fountain Hills.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.4% lower in Elko than in Fountain Hills. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Elko had 13.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fountain Hills
 Fountain Hills, AZElko, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,248$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,906$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9074573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Fountain Hills    10 Reviews

Over 6 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 8 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 12 years ago

Beautiful homes with mountaineous  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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