2025 Compare Cities Education:
Dodge City, KS vs Carson City, NV

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Highlights
- Carson City spends 27.8% less per student than Dodge City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.2% higher in Carson City than in Dodge City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carson City had 21.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Dodge City
 Dodge City, KSCarson City, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,224$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,677  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,732$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.62  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock21784573
 Students per Counselor486  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Dodge City    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

We went to Dodge City on a job interview and liked the place until we got down to talking with the realtor. I don't know where they came up with the median housing cost,  More

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Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Low crime rate 2. Extremely low cost of living and housing 3. Affordable place to live 4. Old Western town atmosphere Cons: 1. Very poor school  More

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Reviews for Carson City    15 Reviews

Visited on and off over the years. It is actually green in the surrounding areas, right in town it lacks good green planning. Being so close to Carson and Tahoe,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I'd give Carson City a zero if I could. Simply, there's nothing to do here except drink and gamble. Sure, Tahoe seems close, but the vibrant part is about 40 minutes  More

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Carson City, Nevada is a wonderful place to raise a family and/or retire. We raised our two youngest children here and now we are retired, after moving to CC 21 years  More

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