2024 Compare Cities Education:
Denver, CO vs Mexico, MO

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Highlights
- Mexico spends 29.9% less per student than Denver.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.5% lower in Mexico than in Denver. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mexico had 5.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Denver
 Denver, COMexico, MOUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,503$11,568$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,519$9,629$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,000$5,672$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.912.7416.23
 Students per Librarian20957704573
 Students per Counselor411267530
 Grade School Educ.4.9%5.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%8.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.0%85.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.0%22.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.6%9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.5%14.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.9%2.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.1%0.1%1.5%
Reviews for Denver    470 Reviews

During my 25 years in Denver, I’ve witnessed trends found in other metro areas: homeless camps, panhandlers, worsening traffic, increased crime and rapidly appreciating  More

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I've lived in the Denver area for about eight years now. Moved here for college planning to get out as soon as I was done with college, and predictably got stuck  More

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I've lived in the city since I was born (1998) and I just was ready to get out. I'm a Denver native and I am ashamed of my city. I moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  More

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Reviews for Mexico    3 Reviews

We moved here in October 2020 from Lehigh Acres, Florida. We wanted somewhere with all 4 seasons instead of hot weather 7-8 months out of the year and cooler weather  More

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Unfortunately, some views of Mexico, Missouri are focused on the past and so those people will stay living in the past, as the rest of us move forward. As to the  More

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Mexico Missouri use to be a very nice little community with activities and many businesses on the square. That was twenty five years ago. Now it is a ghost town of what  More

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