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Tucson, AZ vs Missoula, MT

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Highlights
- Missoula spends 19.6% more per student than Tucson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.9% lower in Missoula than in Tucson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Missoula had 12.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Tucson
 Tucson, AZMissoula, MTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,865$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,897  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,770$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.66  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4694573
 Students per Counselor519  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.7%1.5%
Reviews for Tucson    287 Reviews

My wife and I characterize ourselves as a young couple, well educated, with decent positions and we’re Tucson natives. We’ve observed our quality of life from both a  More

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Over 1 years ago

I was reading the reviews for Tucson, and after living there for 6 years, I feel the need to weigh in. There are many pros in Tucson: access to recreational areas,  More

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I spend considerable time in and around Tucson, and I've see it rapidly going "downhill" since 2020. It's definitely not the nice town I remember from when I was a  More

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Reviews for Missoula    48 Reviews

I've lived here for 10 years and my view of the city has turned as we (barely) managed to buy a home, started a family, and the blight of homelessness has escalated out  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived here for 6 years, and it never got any easier to live, I'm a Native American, these people her look down on us, I have been put in jail for sitting in a parking  More

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I have lived in Missoula on and off for the last 30 years, but consistently for the last 12. I met my wife and had my kids here. My father and my wife's entire family  More

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