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Alamogordo, NM vs Rifle, CO

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Highlights
- Rifle spends 8.3% more per student than Alamogordo.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.0% lower in Rifle than in Alamogordo. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rifle had 3.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Alamogordo

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 Alamogordo, NMRifle, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,698$13,757$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,964$11,834$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,050$6,791$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.7615.5816.23
 Students per Librarian5236014573
 Students per Counselor835214530
 Grade School Educ.3.6%5.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%6.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.4%87.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.6%25.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.4%12.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.7%16.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.6%3.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%0.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.6%1.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Alamogordo    14 Reviews

Over 3 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 10 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 12 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 Rifle    6 Reviews

I love the Western Slope!! While there are a lot of good things to be said about the Western Slope of Colorado, which Rifle is, there are some concerning things as  More

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Been living in the area for 3 years, Rifle for half of that. The city recently upgraded the water facilities, and the north half of I-70 no longer has the nasty hard  More

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Over 7 years ago

This area has a heroin/meth problem. It doesn't really impact you if you avoid it, but you tend to see a lot of tweakers/beggars/homeless around town. Water is not that  More

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88310
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81650

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