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Phoenix, AZ vs Carson City, NV

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Highlights
- Carson City spends 12.7% less per student than Phoenix.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.8% higher in Carson City than in Phoenix. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carson City had 5.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Phoenix

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 Phoenix, AZCarson City, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,564$9,224$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653$7,679$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,810$4,732$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.2422.9516.23
 Students per Librarian234821784573
 Students per Counselor718877530
 Grade School Educ.8.2%4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%8.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.83.5%87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%27.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.0%10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.6%23.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.2%5.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%1.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.2%0.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Phoenix    448 Reviews

Phoenix is a city of potential and definitely has a bad reputation that is not completely deserved all throughout the city itself. There is tons of things to do, places  More

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Phoenix has tons of the best places to shop and eat at bar none due to it being the big city. Downtown is definitely underrated. There also is some nice new developments  More

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Phoenix Arizona represents a lot of problems with Arizona but it is the big city which has to carry more burdens than the rest of the greater Phoenix Area. 1.  More

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Reviews for Carson City    15 Reviews

Visited on and off over the years. It is actually green in the surrounding areas, right in town it lacks good green planning. Being so close to Carson and Tahoe,  More

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Over 2 years ago

I'd give Carson City a zero if I could. Simply, there's nothing to do here except drink and gamble. Sure, Tahoe seems close, but the vibrant part is about 40 minutes  More

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Carson City, Nevada is a wonderful place to raise a family and/or retire. We raised our two youngest children here and now we are retired, after moving to CC 21 years  More

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ZIPS IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA
85032, 85033, 85041, 85008, 85035, 85037, 85022, 85009, 85254, 85339, 47 total
ZIPS IN CARSON CITY, NEVADA
89701 89706 89703

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