2025 Compare Cities Education:
Coos Bay, OR vs Silver City, NM

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Highlights
- Silver City spends 3.9% more per student than Coos Bay.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.4% lower in Silver City than in Coos Bay. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Silver City had 0.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Coos Bay
 Coos Bay, ORSilver City, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,327$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,309  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,911$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8894573
 Students per Counselor562  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%1.5%
Reviews for Coos Bay    11 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Residents since 1990. Pros: The weather is exceptionally mild. We find it a very inexpensive, convenient, and laid back place to live. North Bend has an airport (OTH)  More

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My son is thinking about moving to coos bay, I have read some comments, doesn't sound so good. He has a family and he thinks he can get a good job. He lives in colorado.  More

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Over 11 years ago

nice  More

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Reviews for Silver City    13 Reviews

I bought here 1 year ago and live in the historical downtown. Crime is not a problem for us but we know crime happens here though the city is very tight knit about  More

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Over 1 years ago

Never been here but like looking for small towns to consider living in. Quite sadly they all seem to have the highest crime rates both violent and property crime. Where  More

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We moved to SC about a year ago. People are genuinely friendly-we actually have dinner in each other’s homes in our neighborhood. Historic downtown is quirky and fun  More

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