2025 Compare Cities Education:
Columbus, OH vs Roswell, NM

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Highlights
- Roswell spends 25.8% less per student than Columbus.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.9% lower in Roswell than in Columbus. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Roswell had 11.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbus
 Columbus, OHRoswell, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,506$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,310  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,269$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.7  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4464573
 Students per Counselor388  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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Reviews for Roswell    17 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Fantastic. Love the fearless open minds and hearts. Stayed there 2 years, versatile U.S.  More

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Methamphetamine, poverty/crime and cockroaches/scorpions are rampant in Roswell! The climate is DRY & it’s difficult to grow anything but weeds!  More

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Over 6 years ago

My family & I moved here from Olympia, Washington. It's a really nice town, plenty of sunshine, southern hospitality, biggest city in Chaves County & ?? friendly.  More

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