2024 Compare Cities Education:
Prescott, AZ vs Alamosa, CO

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Highlights
- Alamosa spends 12.7% more per student than Prescott.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.5% lower in Alamosa than in Prescott. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Alamosa had 6.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Prescott
 Prescott, AZAlamosa, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,873$11,124$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,836$10,048$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,986$5,660$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.5415.6616.23
 Students per Librarian33674874573
 Students per Counselor869182530
 Grade School Educ.1.0%7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%3.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.2%88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.3%25.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.1%10.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.4%23.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.9%6.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%1.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.6%2.8%1.5%
Reviews for Prescott    63 Reviews

Prescott is beautiful. The climate is wonderful (a bit hot in summer). The people are very unfriendly. I am conservative and have lived all over the country. The people  More

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I've lived here for 11 years and love the small town feel, perfect weather and great mountain biking. I am a medical professional in the area and am providing this as I  More

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Over 3 years ago

Yes, there is music here. We have a downtown with a courthouse area and yard where bands and singers perform. Also restaurants/saloons in Whiskey Row. The weather is  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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