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Tuscaloosa, AL vs Elko, NV

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Highlights
- Elko spends 11.8% more per student than Tuscaloosa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.6% lower in Elko than in Tuscaloosa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Elko had 6.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Tuscaloosa
 Tuscaloosa, ALElko, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,846$13,248$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,927$11,499$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,597$6,906$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.2418.1616.23
 Students per Librarian5289074573
 Students per Counselor396587530
 Grade School Educ.2.9%7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.1%8.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.1%84.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.6%27.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.8%10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.6%18.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.0%6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree4.0%0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Tuscaloosa    9 Reviews

This is the deal with Tuscaloosa. If you have strong family support that will keep you on track, you may be okay. Alabama has too many broken, uneducated, poor  More

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We've lived in Tuscaloosa for several years now. It's a diverse, friendly college town -- home of the University of Alabama and it's lovely campus -- that is relatively  More

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Tuscaloosa used to have some character. We had a decent live music scene, an up and coming artist community, affordable housing, and there were even several places for  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 15 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 16 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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