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Sierra Vista, AZ vs Phoenix, AZ

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Highlights
- Phoenix spends 2.0% less per student than Sierra Vista.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.4% lower in Phoenix than in Sierra Vista. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Phoenix had 10.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sierra Vista

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 Sierra Vista, AZPhoenix, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,785$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,247$8,653$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,892$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.8918.2416.23
 Students per Librarian314123484573
 Students per Counselor485718530
 Grade School Educ.2.1%8.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.7%8.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.2%83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.8%22.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.6%8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.0%30.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.8%8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%1.2%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 Phoenix    447 Reviews

Phoenix has tons of the best places to shop and eat at bar none due to it being the big city. Downtown is definitely underrated. There also is some nice new developments  More

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Phoenix Arizona represents a lot of problems with Arizona but it is the big city which has to carry more burdens than the rest of the greater Phoenix Area. 1.  More

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I have lived here my whole life and it used to be not be as busy as it is. It used to be a state where old people would retire in this state and used to be cheap. To put  More

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ZIPS IN SIERRA VISTA, ARIZONA
85635 85613
ZIPS IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA
85032, 85033, 85041, 85008, 85035, 85037, 85022, 85009, 85254, 85339, 47 total

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