2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rio Rico, AZ vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 97.2% more per student than Rio Rico.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.8% lower in Columbia than in Rio Rico. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 15.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rio Rico
 Rio Rico, AZColumbia, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,551  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor586  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.7%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 Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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