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Tooele, UT vs Elko, NV

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- Elko spends 53.5% more per student than Tooele.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 39.3% lower in Elko than in Tooele. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Elko had 7.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Tooele
 Tooele, UTElko, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,248$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,748  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,906$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio29.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9074573
 Students per Counselor660  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Tooele    5 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I've lived in Utah all of my life, and in Tooele for 10 years. The traffic is worse than Salt Lake City. Average commute to downtown SLC used to be about 40 minutes.   More

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Over 10 years ago

I've lived in Utah for about 18 years now. It has become my home. I love raising my children here. I never thought that I would like living in Utah, as a matter of fact  More

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Over 15 years ago

We moved here because of my parents. We were not sure if we would even like it. Three years later, we're still here & wouldn't move if you paid us. Tooele HAS very  More

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Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 16 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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