2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cloudcroft, NM vs Carlsbad, NM

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Highlights
- Carlsbad spends 3.4% more per student than Cloudcroft.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.4% higher in Carlsbad than in Cloudcroft. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carlsbad had 15.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Cloudcroft
 Cloudcroft, NMCarlsbad, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,128$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,964  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,994$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.76  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12534573
 Students per Counselor835  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Cloudcroft    4 Reviews

Escaped the Heat of Texas 4 years ago with the NO AC NEEDED summers in the cool pines at 9000 feet. I worked in Houston for 2 decades with the WORST climate, HUMIDITY  More

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Over 11 years ago

I've lived in California, Mexico, Spain, Miami ,Fl and in a couple cities in New Mexico and now I've lived in Cloudcroft, NM for almost one year now. It is a quant  More

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9,000 feet above sea level nestled in the Sacramento Mountains lies beautiful Cloudcroft, NM. Like any small town everyone knows everything about you. Cloudcroft boasts  More

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Reviews for Carlsbad    16 Reviews

I've only been here for a few months, but I can quickly sum up this town as a rundown truck stop, perpetually buffeted by relentless wind, dirt, and hot air. The gas  More

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Over 3 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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