2025 Compare Cities Education:
Challis, ID vs New Castle, CO

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Highlights
- New Castle spends 12.1% more per student than Challis.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.0% higher in New Castle than in Challis. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Castle had 15.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Challis
 Challis, IDNew Castle, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,757$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,148  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,791$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.98  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6014573
 Students per Counselor387  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.17.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.30.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Challis    1 Reviews

I lived in Challis from 1988 to 1992. At that time there was no bookstore in town. One employer, a molybdenum mine. Population consists of two groups, the mine  More

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Reviews for New Castle    3 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Small town  More

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Over 12 years ago

Been here about 1 1/2 years. Climate is great, lots of snow in winter, mild summers but still hits triple digits though:/ Work is hard to come by unless you are in the  More

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New Castle is a small town outside of Glenwood Springs. We have beautiful weather, gorgeous mountains but it is very expensive to live here... I think the cost of  More

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