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Sierra Vista, AZ vs Oro Valley, AZ

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Highlights
- Oro Valley spends 0.3% less per student than Sierra Vista.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.8% lower in Oro Valley than in Sierra Vista. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oro Valley had 4.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sierra Vista

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 Sierra Vista, AZOro Valley, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,785$10,756$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,247$8,897$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,892$4,785$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.8916.6616.23
 Students per Librarian314114474573
 Students per Counselor485519530
 Grade School Educ.2.1%1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.7%1.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.2%97.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.8%18.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.6%8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.0%56.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.8%17.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%4.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%4.5%1.5%

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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 2 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 2 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 Oro Valley    5 Reviews

Some of these reviews are so inaccurate. Rentals for a 2-bedroom are closer to $1000/mo and up if you want to live in a safer neighborhood. People here are so intolerant  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have lived here in Oro Valley for 3.8 years -love it here. however lack of cultural diversity, water and the 100+ heat each day for 3 months a year means that i am  More

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I am a retiree from New York. I moved to Tucson two years ago. Now we are about to buy a home in Oro Valley, just north of Tucson. I love this area. The mountains  More

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ZIPS IN SIERRA VISTA, ARIZONA
85635 85613
ZIPS IN ORO VALLEY, ARIZONA
85737 85755

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