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Virginia City, NV vs Elko, NV

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Highlights
- Elko spends 23.9% less per student than Virginia City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 78.4% higher in Elko than in Virginia City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Elko had 10.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Virginia City
 Virginia City, NVElko, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,248$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,256  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,906$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9074573
 Students per Counselor108  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Virginia City    1 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

I find the water quality score of 40 in Virginia City to be open for debate. It is basically snow melt, coming from Lake Marlette in the Tahoe area. Looks great. Tastes  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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