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Alamosa, CO vs Delta, CO

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- Delta spends 8.9% more per student than Alamosa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.8% higher in Delta than in Alamosa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Delta had 4.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Alamosa
 Alamosa, CODelta, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,111$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,048  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,729$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.66  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4304573
 Students per Counselor182  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
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 12 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 Delta    10 Reviews

35 year resident....While I find the reviews constructive, I'm a bit confused and rumoured by the, "nothing to do" crowd. Me thinks some would go to New York City,  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived in numerous cities and states big cities as well as small communities but Delta by far is the worst No I'm not looking for a parade everyday and monkeys  More

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Over 10 years ago

Delta is a lovely farming community. People are nice and there is a wonderful state of the art community center (BHRC) that has excellent health and fitness equipment.   More

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