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Carson City, NV vs Crested Butte, CO

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Highlights
- Crested Butte spends 45.9% more per student than Carson City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.3% lower in Crested Butte than in Carson City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Crested Butte had 13.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Carson City
 Carson City, NVCrested Butte, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,679  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,175$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.95  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3684573
 Students per Counselor877  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock99.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Carson City    15 Reviews

Visited on and off over the years. It is actually green in the surrounding areas, right in town it lacks good green planning. Being so close to Carson and Tahoe,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I'd give Carson City a zero if I could. Simply, there's nothing to do here except drink and gamble. Sure, Tahoe seems close, but the vibrant part is about 40 minutes  More

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Carson City, Nevada is a wonderful place to raise a family and/or retire. We raised our two youngest children here and now we are retired, after moving to CC 21 years  More

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Reviews for Crested Butte    5 Reviews

Crested Butte is literally hell on earth. I can't imagine WHY anybody would want to come here. Do yourself a favor - stay in California and Texas.  More

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Over 11 years ago

First of all, we are sick and tired of the report that there are 1,500 people in Crested Butte. Maybe in the "town limits" which is a small area. There is CB South,  More

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Over 17 years ago

My husband and I own a second home in CB. We bought it the very first time we came to this little town. It is truly an undiscovered gem - like Aspen before it became  More

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