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Alamosa, CO vs Farmingdale, NY

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- Farmingdale spends 181.6% more per student than Alamosa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.0% lower in Farmingdale than in Alamosa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Farmingdale had 7.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Alamosa
 Alamosa, COFarmingdale, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$31,321$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,048  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,368$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.66  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9794573
 Students per Counselor182  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%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 Farmingdale    3 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Town great, centerally located to all parkways and shopping. Town up and coming with new places to live & eat. Sports oriented town! Great place to live  More

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Over 15 years ago

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I don't really know too much about the cost of living here. I am renting a 3-bedroom house for $2400/month. This is a residential area of neat homes and a business area  More

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