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Alamosa, CO vs Amarillo, TX

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Highlights
- Amarillo spends 8.7% more per student than Alamosa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.2% lower in Amarillo than in Alamosa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Amarillo had 3.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Alamosa

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 Alamosa, COAmarillo, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,124$12,088$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,048$9,403$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,660$5,864$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.6613.7516.23
 Students per Librarian4875844573
 Students per Counselor182358530
 Grade School Educ.7.5%7.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%7.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.7%85.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%25.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.4%8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.9%24.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.3%5.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%1.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.8%1.0%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Amarillo    31 Reviews

I was originally from here, left for a number of years, and ended up back for a short time due to life circumstances. I have really tried to make the most of my time  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved to Amarillo when I was five and left at 34, the best thing I ever did. Sadly, I came back to help care for my aging grandmother, and as soon as I can, i am  More

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Over 5 years ago

Amarillo is not a good place to live. For me it was like living in Hell. I lived there for 50 years. I graduated Canyon High. raised two kids. went through a divorce  More

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ZIPS IN ALAMOSA, COLORADO
81101
ZIPS IN AMARILLO, TEXAS
79109, 79107, 79106, 79118, 79110, 79108, 79119, 79103, 79102, 79124, 14 total

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