2025 Compare Cities Education:
Grand Rapids, MN vs Green Valley, AZ

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Highlights
- Green Valley spends 58.4% less per student than Grand Rapids.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.5% higher in Green Valley than in Grand Rapids. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Green Valley had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Grand Rapids
 Grand Rapids, MNGreen Valley, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,756$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,579  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,785$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.81  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14474573
 Students per Counselor491  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Grand Rapids    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I have lived in Grand Rapids my entire life. (43 years) I always feel safe here. We don't lock our house when we leave during the day. We only lock it at night. My  More

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Grand Rapids is my hometown being born here in 1961. Here's the long and short of it. I love it in the summer. I hate the winter. Winters are long, gray and hard.   More

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Reviews for Green Valley    10 Reviews

The quiet little community of Sahuarita is the setting for a new book to hit the markets in the fall of 2021 titled, Stored "A Serial Killers First-Class Ticket to  More

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Over 4 years ago

We decided on Green Valley for retirement after deciding against Las Vegas, northern AZ, and other 55 and over communities like Saddlebrooke and Quail Creek primarily  More

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My wife and I have lived here since 2016. Since GV is populated with oldsters we had thought it would be a welcoming community. Thinking neighbors would bring over  More

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