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Sun City West, AZ vs Miami, FL

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Highlights
- Miami spends 12.1% more per student than Sun City West.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.8% higher in Miami than in Sun City West. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Miami had 18.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sun City West
 Sun City West, AZMiami, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,839$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,809$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock27244573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Sun City West    6 Reviews

Over 10 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 16 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 Miami    189 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Great vacation spot with the best clubs and food. Wynwood and the Miami Design District are the best, just be careful at night. Area tends to jack prices up around  More

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Miami is rapidly devolving into a filthy, crime ridden, unattractive extension of Central America and South America. The population is a bunch of rude entitled dependent  More

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Beautiful place, well into the late 20th Century ... clean, safe, fun, peaceful. Started seeing elements of crap, just a tiny bit, back around 1980. Now what changed  More

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