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Sun City West, AZ vs Chico, CA

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Highlights
- Chico spends 45.9% more per student than Sun City West.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.6% higher in Chico than in Sun City West. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chico had 3.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sun City West

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 Sun City West, AZChico, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,564$15,415$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653$13,014$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,810$7,909$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.2420.3516.23
 Students per Librarian234858434573
 Students per Counselor718455530
 Grade School Educ.0.7%2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%3.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.0%93.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.1%26.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.1%10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.0%39.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.7%8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%2.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%2.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Sun City West    6 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

We arrived to take possession of our home at then of April (2016). During the first four months we had many days when the temperature reached 120. When I see that  More

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You have been notified for several years per comments posted that there are NO schools in Sun City West. Why do you persist with the posting of cost per pupil in Sun  More

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Over 14 years ago

My wife and I live in a Del Webb retirement community - called Sun City West, in Phoenix Arizona. Since I am now in my early seventies, it has proven to be just perfect  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 2 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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ZIPS IN SUN CITY WEST, ARIZONA
85375
ZIPS IN CHICO, CALIFORNIA
95926 95928 95973

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