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Delta, CO vs Alamosa, CO

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Highlights
- Alamosa spends 8.1% less per student than Delta.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.2% lower in Alamosa than in Delta. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Alamosa had 4.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Delta

Education
 Delta, COAlamosa, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,111$11,124$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,941$10,048$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,729$5,660$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.8815.6616.23
 Students per Librarian4304874573
 Students per Counselor266182530
 Grade School Educ.4.6%7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.4%3.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.85.0%88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.0%25.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.6%10.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.3%23.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.4.7%6.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%1.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.3%2.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Delta    10 Reviews

35 year resident....While I find the reviews constructive, I'm a bit confused and rumoured by the, "nothing to do" crowd. Me thinks some would go to New York City,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have lived in numerous cities and states big cities as well as small communities but Delta by far is the worst No I'm not looking for a parade everyday and monkeys  More

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Over 9 years ago

Delta is a lovely farming community. People are nice and there is a wonderful state of the art community center (BHRC) that has excellent health and fitness equipment.   More

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Reviews for Alamosa    5 Reviews

Rating 1 out of 5 This place is absolutely Crawling with meth and heroin addicts. They roam the streets, they constantly knock on your door asking for rides and money.  More

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If want to retire in a nice, quiet place where you can live in isolation, you have a steady stream of income from an outside source, you don't have anything valuable  More

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Over 11 years ago

Honestly Alamosa is probably the worst place ever..It sucks..Especially being African-American here..The people show signs of racism which is confusing to me seeing that  More

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