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Rio Rancho, NM vs Boise City, ID

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Highlights
- Boise City spends 33.2% less per student than Rio Rancho.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.5% higher in Boise City than in Rio Rancho. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boise City had 1.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rio Rancho

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 Rio Rancho, NMBoise City, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,881$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,727$8,035$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,119$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.1617.8216.23
 Students per Librarian94310314573
 Students per Counselor705430530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%1.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%3.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.3%95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.6%22.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.12.5%8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.4%43.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%2.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%2.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Rio Rancho    21 Reviews

I have lived in the area for the past three years with my husband. Although vastly better than Albuquerque, this is not a safe area. We have had overt and petty crime on  More

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The pros: -Fairly good year-round weather. Sunny days outnumber cloudy days, there are days when the temps fall below freezing and the sun will still be shining. It's  More

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Over 4 years ago

Affordable housing, low crime (compared to Albuquerque), awesome weather with all 4 seasons, beautiful environment and some pretty awesome people. I love Rio Rancho,  More

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Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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87124 87144
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