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Alamogordo, NM vs Gallup, NM

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Highlights
- Gallup spends 23.8% more per student than Alamogordo.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.7% higher in Gallup than in Alamogordo. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gallup had 6.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Alamogordo
 Alamogordo, NMGallup, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,714$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,964  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,163$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.76  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock63384573
 Students per Counselor835  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Alamogordo    14 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I am originally from Alamogordo, and moved away about 9 years ago. We are now seriously considering on moving back to this little small town. After being away in a  More

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Over 11 years ago

The school system in Alamogordo NM is terrible. The high school here has the highest GRADS program in the state which is teen moms dual enrolled. They do no offer  More

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Over 13 years ago

I've lived in Alamogordo for two years now after living in Tacoma, Washington (too much rain, too much crime) for 20 years. Generally, it's a nice little conservative  More

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Reviews for Gallup    7 Reviews

Over 10 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 13 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 14 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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