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Safford, AZ vs Deming, NM

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- Deming spends 29.0% more per student than Safford.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.7% lower in Deming than in Safford. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Deming had 16.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Safford
 Safford, AZDeming, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,778$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,896  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,596$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock26764573
 Students per Counselor619  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock15.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock70.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.31.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Safford    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

The newest percentage of unemployment in Graham County is 8.6 percent in mid-2012 , which is down quite a bit from 11.3 in  More

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Over 17 years ago

Safford and Graham county have only 2 seasons, summer and not summer. Too hot from june 1st through september. Allergies are a problem in this area due to dirty air and  More

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Our teachers are overwhelmed and most classes that I am aware of have at least 23 or more students. Some class sizes are reported to be above 30 per teacher. Our town  More

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Reviews for Deming    6 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I have lived there for 10 years. Beautiful scenery. Climate is great. Cost of living is low. Population nearly 15,000, 87% Hispanic. One of the poorest counties in the  More

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Very prone to treating new moving here as outsiders. Been here several years and feel will always be an outsider never a art of the community. Local Walmart main food  More

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Over 16 years ago

hi cost of living is very very reasonable in deming,climet is good,town doen't have many amenities.IE. home depot,lowes,applebees,chili's  More

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