2026 Compare Cities Education:
Rifle, CO vs Green Valley, AZ

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Highlights
- Green Valley spends 21.8% less per student than Rifle.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.9% higher in Green Valley than in Rifle. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Green Valley had 9.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rifle
 Rifle, COGreen Valley, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,756$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,834  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,785$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14474573
 Students per Counselor214  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Rifle    6 Reviews

I love the Western Slope!! While there are a lot of good things to be said about the Western Slope of Colorado, which Rifle is, there are some concerning things as  More

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Been living in the area for 3 years, Rifle for half of that. The city recently upgraded the water facilities, and the north half of I-70 no longer has the nasty hard  More

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Over 9 years ago

This area has a heroin/meth problem. It doesn't really impact you if you avoid it, but you tend to see a lot of tweakers/beggars/homeless around town. Water is not that  More

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Reviews for Green Valley    10 Reviews

The quiet little community of Sahuarita is the setting for a new book to hit the markets in the fall of 2021 titled, Stored "A Serial Killers First-Class Ticket to  More

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Over 5 years ago

We decided on Green Valley for retirement after deciding against Las Vegas, northern AZ, and other 55 and over communities like Saddlebrooke and Quail Creek primarily  More

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My wife and I have lived here since 2016. Since GV is populated with oldsters we had thought it would be a welcoming community. Thinking neighbors would bring over  More

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