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Cortez, CO vs Gallup, NM

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Highlights
- Gallup spends 17.3% more per student than Cortez.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.1% higher in Gallup than in Cortez. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gallup had 9.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Cortez

Education
 Cortez, COGallup, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,401$15,714$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,082$14,250$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,257$8,163$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.5618.2216.23
 Students per Librarian90963384573
 Students per Counselor206453530
 Grade School Educ.2.6%5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%9.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.6%84.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.2%22.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.8%8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.3%22.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.1%7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.9%1.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Cortez    6 Reviews

A digital nomad / nature lover's sunny, perfect weather paradise, at half the cost of touristy Durango. Cortez is Colorado's under-the-radar town that's mostly only  More

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I moved out to Cortez, Colorado after a 30 day trip around the US. Of all the places I visited, this was the place I deemed best to move for a multitude of reasons. It  More

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I've live on this area and cannot recommend it to anyone. Cortez and Montezuma county are horrible. School are bad. After meeting several local teachers I am surprised  More

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Reviews for Gallup    7 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

I have lived in Gallup for over 20 years and find this area very interesting. The tourist just blowing through see the vagrants & general run-down appearance, turn up  More

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Over 12 years ago

Gallup NM has great places to hike around and minimal cultural diversity. I found most of the white folk ( I am caucasion) to be super red neck.. I am having a hard time  More

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Over 13 years ago

I have to argue with the so called statistics. There are 3 kinds of lies and this is one of them in my view. I am/was an ER nurse and we see the worst a society has to  More

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81321
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