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Santa Rosa, CA vs Fountain Hills, AZ

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- Fountain Hills spends 37.3% less per student than Santa Rosa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.4% lower in Fountain Hills than in Santa Rosa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fountain Hills had 14.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Rosa
 Santa Rosa, CAFountain Hills, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,921  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor399  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Santa Rosa    43 Reviews

I was born and raised here. Santa Rosa used to be a great city great location great weather but now it is overcrowded and crime is off the charts and housing is crazy  More

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I've lived her over 20 years and it's a pretty nice place. The main vibe is you feel safe doing this day or night. Most of the neighborhoods are well taken care of, they  More

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Terrible city that's hurting for money. After going on a long hiatus from enforcing traffic laws, they've recently turned their highways into an ATM machine/cash cow by  More

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Reviews for Fountain Hills    10 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

We live in Boise but are seriously considering a move to Fountain Hills. We have visited FH and it's beautiful...but we are not sure we can do the Summers! In Boise  More

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Over 8 years ago

We have lived in many cities in the US we moved here 10 yrs ago raised 2 boys and I would not give it up for any other place. move here raise a family and retire  More

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Over 12 years ago

Beautiful homes with mountaineous  More

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