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Sierra Vista, AZ vs Castle Rock, CO

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Highlights
- Castle Rock spends 17.7% more per student than Sierra Vista.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.7% lower in Castle Rock than in Sierra Vista. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Castle Rock had 4.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sierra Vista
 Sierra Vista, AZCastle Rock, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,699$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,247  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,132$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.89  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9144573
 Students per Counselor485  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Sierra Vista    30 Reviews

I've lived in Sierra Vista for 22 months. It has positives and negatives. Bisbee, Tombstone, being close to Tucson, are positives. The views are beautiful. There's lots  More

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Over 3 years ago

Nice town, quite, huge military community and snowbirds in winter. If you want to live where you can not be mugged and have beautiful views for miles, this is the  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have lived in Sierra Vista 3 years and for 6 months, in the town north of S.V. sierra Vista lives up to its name with gorgeous mountains encircling you and sunrises  More

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Reviews for Castle Rock    12 Reviews

My fiance and I moved here in 2018 shortly after finishing college. I work in Colorado Springs and she works in the Denver area, so Castle Rock was practically our only  More

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Over 7 years ago

I have always been mobile for my career, until I moved to Castle Rock. I've lived in in multiple cities in the Midwest including Chicago and have visited nearly every  More

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Over 11 years ago

we have four seasons, and the rockies are only two hrs.away. so for the outdoors enthusist sking or hiking is like no other place you have been or seen it is hard to  More

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