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Durango, CO vs Las Vegas, NM

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Highlights
- Las Vegas spends 22.9% more per student than Durango.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.5% higher in Las Vegas than in Durango. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Las Vegas had 11.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Durango

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 Durango, COLas Vegas, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,980$15,947$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,682$13,459$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,920$6,598$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.6214.6916.23
 Students per Librarian64619084573
 Students per Counselor207214530
 Grade School Educ.0.4%4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%9.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.2%86.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%21.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.2%8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.1%27.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.7%8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%0.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.5%1.6%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 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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