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Las Cruces, NM vs Gallup, NM

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Highlights
- Gallup spends 27.7% more per student than Las Cruces.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.1% higher in Gallup than in Las Cruces. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gallup had 3.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Las Cruces

Education
 Las Cruces, NMGallup, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,307$15,714$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,055$14,250$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,484$8,163$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.0518.2216.23
 Students per Librarian191263384573
 Students per Counselor468453530
 Grade School Educ.6.1%5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.4%9.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.6%84.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%22.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.3%8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.4%22.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.7%7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%1.3%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Gallup    7 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

I have lived in Gallup for over 20 years and find this area very interesting. The tourist just blowing through see the vagrants & general run-down appearance, turn up  More

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Over 12 years ago

Gallup NM has great places to hike around and minimal cultural diversity. I found most of the white folk ( I am caucasion) to be super red neck.. I am having a hard time  More

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Over 13 years ago

I have to argue with the so called statistics. There are 3 kinds of lies and this is one of them in my view. I am/was an ER nurse and we see the worst a society has to  More

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