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Bend, OR vs Castle Rock, CO

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Highlights
- Castle Rock spends 20.2% less per student than Bend.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.3% lower in Castle Rock than in Bend. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Castle Rock had 1.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bend
 Bend, ORCastle Rock, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,699$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,841  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,132$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.8  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9144573
 Students per Counselor268  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Bend    100 Reviews

I have visited Bend for many years and moved here last year with my family. Every person that complains about Bend does not understand how economics works. The main  More

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Over 4 years ago

When I moved to Bend it was a charming small city of about 50,000 people. The population has now more than doubled and the once clean, quiet community is a noisy, dirty,  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in Bend for 10 years now. I'm originally from a poorer town in CA with the same population as Bend. Here are my pros and cons of living in Bend. Pros: -  More

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Reviews for Castle Rock    12 Reviews

My fiance and I moved here in 2018 shortly after finishing college. I work in Colorado Springs and she works in the Denver area, so Castle Rock was practically our only  More

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Over 7 years ago

I have always been mobile for my career, until I moved to Castle Rock. I've lived in in multiple cities in the Midwest including Chicago and have visited nearly every  More

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Over 11 years ago

we have four seasons, and the rockies are only two hrs.away. so for the outdoors enthusist sking or hiking is like no other place you have been or seen it is hard to  More

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