2025 Compare Cities Education:
San Tan Valley, AZ vs South Tucson, AZ

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Highlights
- South Tucson spends 7.1% more per student than San Tan Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.0% lower in South Tucson than in San Tan Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South Tucson had 29.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to San Tan Valley
 San Tan Valley, AZSouth Tucson, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,756$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,414  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,785$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14474573
 Students per Counselor730  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock15.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock65.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for San Tan Valley    2 Reviews

Over 6 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 8 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 South Tucson    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I loved Tucson for a while, I've lived here 12yrs but now that I want to settle down and finally get married and have kids I want a safer place to raise my kids, also a  More

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Over 17 years ago

I hate to say it, but disappointed. Standards in Tucson in general are lower than I've ever seen in a City. I've lived in L.A, Hollywood, San Jose, Santa Clara,  More

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