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Twin Falls, ID vs Elko, NV

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Highlights
- Elko spends 58.1% more per student than Twin Falls.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.5% higher in Elko than in Twin Falls. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Elko had 3.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Twin Falls

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 Twin Falls, IDElko, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student$8,377$13,248$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,734$11,499$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,260$6,906$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.7218.1616.23
 Students per Librarian11639074573
 Students per Counselor642587530
 Grade School Educ.5.5%7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%8.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.7%84.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.4%27.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.4%10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.4%18.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.0%6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.2%0.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Twin Falls    8 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

It is a hub community that is a gateway to the north of Sun Valley and to the south for Jackpot. New High School of 3 years to add to the established one. The hospital  More

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Over 11 years ago

Been living in Twin Falls for 2 plus years, like the people, very friendly. The Canyon is truly beautiful. Nice not to have to battle traffic, have places to walk to,  More

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In my 18 years here, Twin Falls has grown steadily, but all the schools, box stores, grocery stores are still within a 10-15 minute drive of each other. Traffic is a  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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ZIPS IN TWIN FALLS, IDAHO
83301
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89801

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