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Rio Verde, AZ vs Desert Hills, AZ

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Highlights
- Desert Hills spends 10.6% less per student than Rio Verde.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.7% higher in Desert Hills than in Rio Verde. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Desert Hills had 10.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rio Verde
 Rio Verde, AZDesert Hills, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,443$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,714$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock33664573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.66.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
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Just moved here as “snowbirds” after 3 years of pre-retirement research into where we wanted to be. We considered all the southwestern states then visited a dozen or  More

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