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Colorado Springs, CO vs Barstow, CA

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- Barstow spends 17.1% more per student than Colorado Springs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.3% higher in Barstow than in Colorado Springs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Barstow had 11.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Colorado Springs
 Colorado Springs, COBarstow, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,673$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,295  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,933$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock131664573
 Students per Counselor274  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.1%1.5%
Reviews for Colorado Springs    199 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I grew up in Colorado Springs, left for the military, and moved back in 2008. It is not the same place I grew up in or what it was 15 years ago. High crime,  More

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Over 1 years ago

Moved here from san diego. All expenses went up with exception to gas. San diego may not have an affordable housing market, but with all others equal san diego is still  More

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Moved here in the summer from one of the hottest places on earth and my quality of life has gone up dramatically. I can walk outside, there are enormous mountains to  More

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Reviews for Barstow    14 Reviews

Mike · 

The positive of Barstow- yes there is something positive that can be said about Barstow. At least it's not as bad as South Lake Tahoe. The only reason it gets 2 stars  More

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Over 7 years ago

Just a place to travel thru. Cheap alternative to LA suburbs, about 70 miles or Palm Springs. It is in high Mojave desert, hot in the summer, 100-110, can get down  More

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Be careful is all I can say. I moved there with the focus to buy a home the investor Cliff Unegbu AKA Clifford Unegbu will rip off as many people as he can and use  More

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