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Canon City, CO vs Silver City, NM

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- Silver City spends 17.0% less per student than Canon City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.9% lower in Silver City than in Canon City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Silver City had 5.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Canon City
 Canon City, COSilver City, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,327$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,911$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.71  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8894573
 Students per Counselor233  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%1.5%
Reviews for Canon City    9 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

While most of the rest of the front range of Colorado has seen very large housing price increases over the last 4 years, the same cannot be said of Canon City. In  More

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I'm looking to relocate there and wondering how the schools are? I have two children, one in elementary and one in high school, so looking for decent schools for  More

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Over 14 years ago

Anyone with firsthand stories of canon city corruption go to facebook and do a search for CanonCityColoradoCorruption and tell your story. God save the good people of  More

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Reviews for Silver City    13 Reviews

I bought here 1 year ago and live in the historical downtown. Crime is not a problem for us but we know crime happens here though the city is very tight knit about  More

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Over 1 years ago

Never been here but like looking for small towns to consider living in. Quite sadly they all seem to have the highest crime rates both violent and property crime. Where  More

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We moved to SC about a year ago. People are genuinely friendly-we actually have dinner in each other’s homes in our neighborhood. Historic downtown is quirky and fun  More

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