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Queen Creek, AZ vs Commerce City, CO

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Highlights
- Commerce City spends 40.5% more per student than Queen Creek.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.4% higher in Commerce City than in Queen Creek. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Commerce City had 13.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Queen Creek
 Queen Creek, AZCommerce City, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Queen Creek    14 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

I am curious. My family and I reside in Alaska full time, but decided to try renting a winter home in the town of Maricopa. We were shocked as to how expensive the  More

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Over 10 years ago

I have been in Queen Creek for almost 10 years. It's probably one of the cleanest communities I have lived in. After living in Miami/ Ft. Lauderdale, Denver, Atlanta  More

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I have been in Queen Creek for almost 10 years. It's probably one of the cleanest communities I have ever lived in. After living in Miami/ Ft. Lauderdale, Denver,  More

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Reviews for Commerce City    3 Reviews

I've lived here for 12 years. Back then the houses were priced right, you could get a nice smaller house for under 100k. Right now the prices are outrageous, like  More

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I recently moved to Commerce City, specifically the Reunion/Buffalo Mesa area. I love it here - it's a great family community with a wide variety of ethnicities. There  More

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Shacks, Blue collar trash, and crime. Add in traffic, oil refineries, and the smell of fresh pretrol with a truck stop and there you have Commerce City. The name speaks  More

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