2026 Compare Cities Education:
San Tan Valley, AZ vs Carson City, NV

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Highlights
- Carson City spends 8.2% less per student than San Tan Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.4% higher in Carson City than in San Tan Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carson City had 5.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to San Tan Valley
 San Tan Valley, AZCarson City, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,224$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,414  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,732$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock21784573
 Students per Counselor730  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for San Tan Valley    2 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I’ve lived here for nearly two years now. I find it to be a great place to live with a few drawbacks. 1.) There is no highway access and results in messy traffic  More

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Over 9 years ago

This place is AWFUL what a mistake we made! Schools are crap & constantly begging for supplies, traffic gets worse by the day as they continue to throw up subdivisions,  More

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Reviews for Carson City    15 Reviews

Visited on and off over the years. It is actually green in the surrounding areas, right in town it lacks good green planning. Being so close to Carson and Tahoe,  More

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Over 4 years ago

I'd give Carson City a zero if I could. Simply, there's nothing to do here except drink and gamble. Sure, Tahoe seems close, but the vibrant part is about 40 minutes  More

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Carson City, Nevada is a wonderful place to raise a family and/or retire. We raised our two youngest children here and now we are retired, after moving to CC 21 years  More

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