2025 Compare Cities Education:
Commerce City, CO vs Carson City, NV

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Highlights
- Carson City spends 37.8% less per student than Commerce City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.9% higher in Carson City than in Commerce City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carson City had 4.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Commerce City
 Commerce City, COCarson City, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,224$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,298  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,732$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.67  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock21784573
 Students per Counselor324  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Commerce City    3 Reviews

I've lived here for 12 years. Back then the houses were priced right, you could get a nice smaller house for under 100k. Right now the prices are outrageous, like  More

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I recently moved to Commerce City, specifically the Reunion/Buffalo Mesa area. I love it here - it's a great family community with a wide variety of ethnicities. There  More

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Shacks, Blue collar trash, and crime. Add in traffic, oil refineries, and the smell of fresh pretrol with a truck stop and there you have Commerce City. The name speaks  More

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Reviews for Carson City    15 Reviews

Visited on and off over the years. It is actually green in the surrounding areas, right in town it lacks good green planning. Being so close to Carson and Tahoe,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I'd give Carson City a zero if I could. Simply, there's nothing to do here except drink and gamble. Sure, Tahoe seems close, but the vibrant part is about 40 minutes  More

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Carson City, Nevada is a wonderful place to raise a family and/or retire. We raised our two youngest children here and now we are retired, after moving to CC 21 years  More

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