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Yuma, AZ vs Carlsbad, NM

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Highlights
- Carlsbad spends 48.0% more per student than Yuma.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.0% lower in Carlsbad than in Yuma. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carlsbad had 1.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Yuma

Education
 Yuma, AZCarlsbad, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student$8,869$13,128$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,882$9,790$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$3,953$5,994$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.3618.3416.23
 Students per Librarian141312534573
 Students per Counselor5021089530
 Grade School Educ.7.9%5.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.9%11.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.82.3%83.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.9%23.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.2%9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.2%18.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.0%5.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%0.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.6%0.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Yuma    48 Reviews

Retired here and it is a great place in many ways. The biggest drawback I have found is the cost and lack of medical care. Its not that far to PHX to get the care you  More

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Over 6 years ago

First let me confess that I lived in Yuma for about a year several decades ago. I was raised in NY and have lived & worked in several states & cities, most recently in  More

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Over 6 years ago

I am moving to Yuma sometime this year for a new job. I am looking for a place to live that is safe for 1 person. Does anyone have some  More

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Reviews for Carlsbad    15 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

We used to visit here every few years from Michigan just to see the Living Desert State Park. A very long way to drive to spend a a couple of days in this hauntingly  More

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Been here 9 years. Very difficult place. Price gouging, extremely expensive to live here. Crazy amounts of crime, cops do nothing. Very crowded, bad traffic and crazy  More

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I've lived here ten years and hate it. It's an oilfield town and they take advantage of that by doing a lot of price gouging... it's very difficult to find reasonably  More

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ZIPS IN YUMA, ARIZONA
85364 85365
ZIPS IN CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO
88220

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