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Rio Rico, AZ vs Queen Creek, AZ

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- Queen Creek spends 16.3% more per student than Rio Rico.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.9% lower in Queen Creek than in Rio Rico. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Queen Creek had 17.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rio Rico
 Rio Rico, AZQueen Creek, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,551  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor586  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%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 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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