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Rio Rico, AZ vs Alameda, CA

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- Alameda spends 95.8% more per student than Rio Rico.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.9% higher in Alameda than in Rio Rico. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Alameda had 11.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rio Rico
 Rio Rico, AZAlameda, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,551  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor586  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.0%1.5%
Reviews for Rio Rico    1 Reviews

We retired here from Maine about 5 years ago to leave the cold & damp behind. Here it is warm & dry most of the time, little humidity, not many flies, mosquitoes, etc.   More

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Reviews for Alameda    6 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Having been born here & 70 now I have watched firsthand, a small, quiet town ruined by excessive building, overcrowding and far too many restaurants for a city this  More

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Enjoy the immense benefit to having a close-knit community with main-street USA feel less than 10 miles from the resources of several urban and education  More

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Alameda, CA is a unique town here in the Bay Area. Perhaps because it is an island, or perhaps because for many decades it was a U.S. Army base, the city has never  More

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