2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fountain Hills, AZ vs Tucson, AZ

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Highlights
- Tucson spends 1.8% more per student than Fountain Hills.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.7% lower in Tucson than in Fountain Hills. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tucson had 12.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fountain Hills
 Fountain Hills, AZTucson, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,756$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,785$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14474573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%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 Tucson    287 Reviews

My wife and I characterize ourselves as a young couple, well educated, with decent positions and we’re Tucson natives. We’ve observed our quality of life from both a  More

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Over 1 years ago

I was reading the reviews for Tucson, and after living there for 6 years, I feel the need to weigh in. There are many pros in Tucson: access to recreational areas,  More

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I spend considerable time in and around Tucson, and I've see it rapidly going "downhill" since 2020. It's definitely not the nice town I remember from when I was a  More

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