2025 Compare Cities Education:
Leawood, KS vs Maricopa, AZ

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Highlights
- Maricopa spends 27.8% less per student than Leawood.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 44.5% higher in Maricopa than in Leawood. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Maricopa had 6.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Leawood
 Leawood, KSMaricopa, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,044$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,650  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,280$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock73694573
 Students per Counselor409  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.74.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree11.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Leawood    5 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

We've lived here for 25 years. There aren't many places like it in the US. Many wonderful neighborhoods. Friendly people. Reasonable cost of living. Great weather (  More

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Over 9 years ago

I like how there is a variety of  More

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Over 14 years ago

I'm sorry to differ with you, but I have lived in Leawood for almost 7 years and have been miserable nearly every day. It's either 100 degrees or 10 below...not much in  More

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Reviews for Maricopa    9 Reviews

I can safely say that Central Arizona is a fast growing area alongside Buckeye in the West. As East Valley prices are spiraling out of control currently and has become  More

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I have recently visited Maricopa City to visit some of my family that were priced out of the East Valley Area. I can say that Maricopa City has things people are used to  More

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As someone who used to visit my Aunt out in Maricopa for days on end and play with my cousins back in the day, it was a sleepy town with not much retail, not much  More

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