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Alamosa, CO vs Utica, NY

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Highlights
- Utica spends 105.5% more per student than Alamosa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.9% lower in Utica than in Alamosa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Utica had 8.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Alamosa
 Alamosa, COUtica, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,862$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,048  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,625$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.66  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5614573
 Students per Counselor182  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%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 Utica    11 Reviews

Utica has stabilized after a few decades of rather precipitous decline. It reached its peak population of just over 100,000 in 1960 but began a descent in subsequent  More

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I grew up in Utica and it is a great place to live and raise a family. There is a high immigrant population which has helped grow the city and make it very cultural. The  More

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The food is the best in the country, great parks, a zoo, it's own ski hill and great culture with the Stanley and Museum. Plus it's the gateway to the Adirondacks. I  More

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