2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cortez, CO vs Nucla, CO

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Highlights
- Nucla spends 10.3% less per student than Cortez.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.9% higher in Nucla than in Cortez. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Nucla had 4.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Cortez
 Cortez, CONucla, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,020$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,082  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,976$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5624573
 Students per Counselor206  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
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 Nucla    2 Reviews

Worst place I've ever lived. Grocery stores are awful, with horrible food that costs way to much, and they turn freezers off to "save money". Power company is crooked,  More

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Over 17 years ago

This town is by far a good place to live , there are mostly uneducated people that want to stay back in the 50s and complain that they are picked on . They do not want  More

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