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- Oro Valley spends 9.1% less per student than Miami.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.0% lower in Oro Valley than in Miami. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oro Valley had 22.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Miami
 Miami, FLOro Valley, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,756$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,524  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,785$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14474573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.5%1.5%
Reviews for Miami    189 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Great vacation spot with the best clubs and food. Wynwood and the Miami Design District are the best, just be careful at night. Area tends to jack prices up around  More

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Miami is rapidly devolving into a filthy, crime ridden, unattractive extension of Central America and South America. The population is a bunch of rude entitled dependent  More

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Beautiful place, well into the late 20th Century ... clean, safe, fun, peaceful. Started seeing elements of crap, just a tiny bit, back around 1980. Now what changed  More

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Reviews for Oro Valley    5 Reviews

Some of these reviews are so inaccurate. Rentals for a 2-bedroom are closer to $1000/mo and up if you want to live in a safer neighborhood. People here are so intolerant  More

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Over 16 years ago

I have lived here in Oro Valley for 3.8 years -love it here. however lack of cultural diversity, water and the 100+ heat each day for 3 months a year means that i am  More

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I am a retiree from New York. I moved to Tucson two years ago. Now we are about to buy a home in Oro Valley, just north of Tucson. I love this area. The mountains  More

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