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Colorado Springs, CO vs Las Vegas, NM

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Highlights
- Las Vegas spends 27.3% more per student than Colorado Springs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.9% lower in Las Vegas than in Colorado Springs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Las Vegas had 8.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Colorado Springs

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 Colorado Springs, COLas Vegas, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,529$15,947$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,295$13,459$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,663$6,598$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.0614.6916.23
 Students per Librarian62119084573
 Students per Counselor274214530
 Grade School Educ.2.4%4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%9.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.9%86.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.0%21.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.7%8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.2%27.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.0%8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%0.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.7%1.6%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Las Vegas    3 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I was motivated to write this review because Las Vegas is my favorite getaway from SE Colorado, where I live. I've been there many, many times -- I stay overnight there  More

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I live in Colorado and have driven by Las Vegas at least 20 times and always wished I could stop to visit. I even considered it as an option of future residence until I  More

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Over 15 years ago

Las Vegas New Mexico is truly an architectural gem-100s of historic registered buildings from victorian mansions to adobe haciendas unfortunately it is also full of  More

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