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Picture Rocks, AZ vs Chico, CA

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- Chico spends 43.3% more per student than Picture Rocks.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.1% higher in Chico than in Picture Rocks. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chico had 7.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Picture Rocks
 Picture Rocks, AZChico, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,415$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,897  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,909$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.66  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock58434573
 Students per Counselor519  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.30.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.14.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Picture Rocks    1 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

moved here a little over a year ago from CA. we thought we made a mistake because it is an area requiring you to be on guard and aware of your surroundings. we have  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 3 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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