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Anchorage, AK vs Carlsbad, NM

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Highlights
- Carlsbad spends 21.0% less per student than Anchorage.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.2% higher in Carlsbad than in Anchorage. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carlsbad had 11.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Anchorage

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 Anchorage, AKCarlsbad, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,628$13,128$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,402$9,790$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,961$5,994$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.4418.3416.23
 Students per Librarian49912534573
 Students per Counselor4131089530
 Grade School Educ.2.2%5.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%11.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.2%83.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%23.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.6%9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.8%18.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.8%5.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%0.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%0.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Anchorage    83 Reviews

Anchorage had potential but with the massive amount of homeless the petty crime is on the rise. I chose to live in a town outside of Anchorage rather than the city for  More

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I lived in Anchorage for the better part of the 2010's. Pros: o Beautiful, mountain and ocean views; close to many hiking trails, campsites, fishing grounds,  More

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it's nice, i liked it when i grew up there. kinda wish i could move back, but i didn't really like being isolated from all the things like nordstrom, trader joe's,  More

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Reviews for Carlsbad    15 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

We used to visit here every few years from Michigan just to see the Living Desert State Park. A very long way to drive to spend a a couple of days in this hauntingly  More

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Been here 9 years. Very difficult place. Price gouging, extremely expensive to live here. Crazy amounts of crime, cops do nothing. Very crowded, bad traffic and crazy  More

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I've lived here ten years and hate it. It's an oilfield town and they take advantage of that by doing a lot of price gouging... it's very difficult to find reasonably  More

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ZIPS IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
99504, 99507, 99508, 99577, 99502, 99515, 99516, 99501, 99517, 99503, 17 total
ZIPS IN CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO
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