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Santa Rosa, CA vs Queen Creek, AZ

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Highlights
- Queen Creek spends 37.3% less per student than Santa Rosa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.4% lower in Queen Creek than in Santa Rosa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Queen Creek had 13.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Rosa
 Santa Rosa, CAQueen Creek, 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.  Unlock0.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%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 Queen Creek    14 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

I am curious. My family and I reside in Alaska full time, but decided to try renting a winter home in the town of Maricopa. We were shocked as to how expensive the  More

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Over 10 years ago

I have been in Queen Creek for almost 10 years. It's probably one of the cleanest communities I have lived in. After living in Miami/ Ft. Lauderdale, Denver, Atlanta  More

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I have been in Queen Creek for almost 10 years. It's probably one of the cleanest communities I have ever lived in. After living in Miami/ Ft. Lauderdale, Denver,  More

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