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Golden Valley, AZ vs Rio Verde, AZ

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- Rio Verde spends 11.9% more per student than Golden Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.3% lower in Rio Verde than in Golden Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rio Verde had 23.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Golden Valley
 Golden Valley, AZRio Verde, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,572  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.29  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor554  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.14.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock99.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.33.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.5.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
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Reviews for Golden Valley    2 Reviews
Terry A · Golden Valley, AZ
The Most Beautiful Vista's in the World !!
Over 7 years ago

Golden Valley is the last of the greatest places left to to own property and live comfortably. The temperature averages between 70's and mid 90's in summer. When  More

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jon · Pueblo, CO
Anybody from area got any comments?
Over 14 years ago

No comments as of this comment, well except this one. haha Interesting notes of the area is is is still higher elevation than "the valley" (Bullhead City area) so not  More

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Reviews for Rio Verde    1 Reviews
Tim · Rio Verde, AZ
Just far enough from the city
Over 5 years ago

Just moved here as “snowbirds” after 3 years of pre-retirement research into where we wanted to be. We considered all the southwestern states then visited a dozen or  More

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