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Boise City, ID vs Las Cruces, NM

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Highlights
- Las Cruces spends 32.6% more per student than Boise City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.5% lower in Las Cruces than in Boise City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Las Cruces had 8.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Boise City

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 Boise City, IDLas Cruces, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,278$12,307$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035$11,055$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,946$6,484$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.8215.0516.23
 Students per Librarian103119124573
 Students per Counselor430468530
 Grade School Educ.1.5%6.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.3%6.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.2%87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%22.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.3%9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.7%36.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.8%11.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%2.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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Reviews for Las Cruces    50 Reviews

I've lived in Las Cruces for six months now. Before moving here I was in Albuquerque (3 hrs north) for four years and before that I lived in Northern Utah most of my  More

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Over 1 years ago

Las Cruces is a hidden gem! Homes are still affordable, you're not far from bigger city entertainment/transportation, and the scenery in beautiful. It's not all dry  More

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Over 3 years ago

It depends on what you are looking for; for me Las Cruces is and ideal place. I am retired and the kind of places I seek to live in have changed over the years. I have  More

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ZIPS IN BOISE CITY, IDAHO
83709 83704 83706 83713 83705 83702 83716 83703 83712
ZIPS IN LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO
88001 88011 88005 88012 88007

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