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Yucca Valley, CA vs Mountain Home, AR

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Highlights
- Mountain Home spends 33.1% less per student than Yucca Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 42.3% lower in Mountain Home than in Yucca Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mountain Home had 1.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Yucca Valley
 Yucca Valley, CAMountain Home, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,820$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,060  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,418$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.74  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6464573
 Students per Counselor531  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.31.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Yucca Valley    10 Reviews

We have lived in Yucca Valley and Joshua Tree for over 20 years. The comment regarding graffiti is over exaggerated. Yes there is crime and there are some tweakers but  More

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Over 5 years ago

Let me start by saying, I love the desert. Yucca used to be a sweet little town...but now that the city has allowed for many criminals to come in from other areas..a  More

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YV has a good mix of mainly retirees, snowbirds, artists, and military families. People here are generally MORE friendly and LESS racially diverse compared to other  More

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Reviews for Mountain Home    14 Reviews

As for the haters- ANYONE should know something about ANY area before they jump in- if you do not do your research and purposely spend some time in any area before  More

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I lived in Mountain Home in the 60s ,70s, and part of the 80s. The biggest mistake I ever made was leaving there. I want to go back. We have smog, dirty air, fires from  More

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Over 7 years ago

First of all, let me head off some of the arguments that usually accompany critical reviews: the people who live here are for the most part, warm, welcoming, friendly  More

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