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Durango, CO vs Alamosa, CO

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Highlights
- Alamosa spends 14.3% less per student than Durango.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.1% higher in Alamosa than in Durango. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Alamosa had 8.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Durango

Education
 Durango, COAlamosa, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,980$11,124$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,682$10,048$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,920$5,660$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.6215.6616.23
 Students per Librarian6464874573
 Students per Counselor207182530
 Grade School Educ.0.4%7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%3.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.2%88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%25.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.2%10.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.1%23.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.7%6.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%1.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.5%2.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Durango    24 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I grew up in Durango, fifth generation. Of course it is beautiful and my roots are there. Too many people have moved there though. I still love the landscape, and my  More

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Absolutely wonderful place to live. The amount of scenery and natural beauty within 5 hours in all directions (literally all of them) is unbeatable. So close to  More

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Been in or near durango for 20 years and am stuck here. Can't earn enough to live on, no decent jobs, ridiculously expensive housing, relatively unfriendly, snobbish  More

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Reviews for Alamosa    5 Reviews

Rating 1 out of 5 This place is absolutely Crawling with meth and heroin addicts. They roam the streets, they constantly knock on your door asking for rides and money.  More

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If want to retire in a nice, quiet place where you can live in isolation, you have a steady stream of income from an outside source, you don't have anything valuable  More

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Over 11 years ago

Honestly Alamosa is probably the worst place ever..It sucks..Especially being African-American here..The people show signs of racism which is confusing to me seeing that  More

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