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Maricopa, AZ vs Gallup, NM

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Highlights
- Gallup spends 56.5% more per student than Maricopa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.0% lower in Gallup than in Maricopa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gallup had 8.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Maricopa
 Maricopa, AZGallup, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,714$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,414  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,163$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock63384573
 Students per Counselor730  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
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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Reviews for Gallup    7 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I have lived in Gallup for over 20 years and find this area very interesting. The tourist just blowing through see the vagrants & general run-down appearance, turn up  More

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Over 13 years ago

Gallup NM has great places to hike around and minimal cultural diversity. I found most of the white folk ( I am caucasion) to be super red neck.. I am having a hard time  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have to argue with the so called statistics. There are 3 kinds of lies and this is one of them in my view. I am/was an ER nurse and we see the worst a society has to  More

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