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Colorado Springs, CO vs Lompoc, CA

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- Lompoc spends 33.3% more per student than Colorado Springs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.2% higher in Lompoc than in Colorado Springs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lompoc had 21.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Colorado Springs
 Colorado Springs, COLompoc, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,295  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor274  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock14.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock73.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Lompoc    27 Reviews

I grew up as a child in Lompoc in the 1960's. It was small town of about 18k with crime and shootings virtually unheard of. Dad sold his home on Third Street in 1995  More

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I lived in this town for 7 years. It's a horrible trap! Over 1/3 of the town is on probation, Close to half of the town addicted to Meth, Heroin of Crack Cocaine (yes  More

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Moved here from Philly two years ago and have no regrets. You do not need air conditioning, the weather very rarely is warmer than 75 degrees. You can easily find a nice  More

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