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Carlsbad, NM vs Colorado Springs, CO

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Highlights
- Colorado Springs spends 4.6% less per student than Carlsbad.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.0% lower in Colorado Springs than in Carlsbad. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Colorado Springs had 12.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Carlsbad

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 Carlsbad, NMColorado Springs, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,128$12,529$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,790$10,295$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,994$5,663$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.3417.0616.23
 Students per Librarian12536214573
 Students per Counselor1089274530
 Grade School Educ.5.0%2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.5%3.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.83.6%93.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.6%24.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.7%10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.0%40.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.5%12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%2.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%1.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Carlsbad    15 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

We used to visit here every few years from Michigan just to see the Living Desert State Park. A very long way to drive to spend a a couple of days in this hauntingly  More

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Been here 9 years. Very difficult place. Price gouging, extremely expensive to live here. Crazy amounts of crime, cops do nothing. Very crowded, bad traffic and crazy  More

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I've lived here ten years and hate it. It's an oilfield town and they take advantage of that by doing a lot of price gouging... it's very difficult to find reasonably  More

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Reviews for Colorado Springs    198 Reviews

Moved here from san diego. All expenses went up with exception to gas. San diego may not have an affordable housing market, but with all others equal san diego is still  More

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Moved here in the summer from one of the hottest places on earth and my quality of life has gone up dramatically. I can walk outside, there are enormous mountains to  More

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I have been in COS on and off for a couple years, finally making the permanent move several months ago. I have lived in Philly, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, and Charlotte,  More

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ZIPS IN CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO
88220
ZIPS IN COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
80918, 80916, 80909, 80920, 80906, 80917, 80910, 80922, 80923, 80907, 21 total

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