2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sun City, AZ vs Denver, CO

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Highlights
- Denver spends 56.2% more per student than Sun City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.3% lower in Denver than in Sun City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Denver had 3.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sun City
 Sun City, AZDenver, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,503$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,000$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock20954573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%1.5%
Reviews for Sun City    9 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

We are so happy to live in Sun City. The Sun City Recreation Centers are available for use by all citizens who pay the yearly membership (required). There are many  More

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Over 15 years ago

Sun City, Arizona is a great place to live either year round or as a snow bird. Sun City has wonderful recreation centers (8 and counting) with over 150 clubs with  More

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Over 15 years ago

I lived in Payson, but moved away searching for some Culture, drama, & musicals. I really enjoyed the hiking, and ourdoors living in Payson. After I recuperated from  More

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Reviews for Denver    470 Reviews

During my 25 years in Denver, I’ve witnessed trends found in other metro areas: homeless camps, panhandlers, worsening traffic, increased crime and rapidly appreciating  More

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I've lived in the Denver area for about eight years now. Moved here for college planning to get out as soon as I was done with college, and predictably got stuck  More

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I've lived in the city since I was born (1998) and I just was ready to get out. I'm a Denver native and I am ashamed of my city. I moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  More

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