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Goodyear, AZ vs Merced, CA

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Highlights
- Merced spends 35.7% more per student than Goodyear.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.7% higher in Merced than in Goodyear. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Merced had 18.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Goodyear

Education
 Goodyear, AZMerced, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,564$14,332$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653$12,556$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,810$7,391$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.2422.216.23
 Students per Librarian234861024573
 Students per Counselor718512530
 Grade School Educ.2.8%14.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.7%11.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.5%74.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.6%23.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.5%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.4%16.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.6%4.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.2%1.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Goodyear    17 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

The best thing about Goodyear AZ is that it is NOT IN  More

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Over 4 years ago

everybody disliking az is a  More

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Over 5 years ago

Pros: there is jobs for all levels professional, entry level, and tons of manufactories, houses are beautiful, beautiful landscape, a lot stores, restaurants, a lot  More

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Reviews for Merced    44 Reviews

Merced is totally slept on - you want a little bit of everything CA has to offer, at a fraction of the price of other CA cities? Merced is the place to go. The town  More

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Over 4 years ago

Good place to live. More affordable than most of california. The city is growing and there is alot of business and growth here. Moved from the Bay area years ago and  More

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Great place to live. Lots of progress and changes coming to the city. Great place to raise a family. UC Merced is expanding and businesses are investing. Downtown is  More

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ZIPS IN GOODYEAR, ARIZONA
85338 85395
ZIPS IN MERCED, CALIFORNIA
95340 95348 95341

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