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Dumas, TX vs Caldwell, TX

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Highlights
- Caldwell spends 99.1% more per student than Dumas.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.1% lower in Caldwell than in Dumas. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Caldwell had 11.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Dumas
 Dumas, TXCaldwell, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,588$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,341  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,584$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.85  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock28024573
 Students per Counselor524  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.12.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Dumas    2 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Lived here most of my life. It is, as another reviewer stated, unfortunately run by the large hispanic population. That in itself would not be bad at all because they  More

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Over 19 years ago

Dumas is a sleepy little town in the Texas Panhandle. Cost of living is low but so is quality of living. The town is dominated by the Hispanic population, many are  More

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Reviews for Caldwell    4 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

The oil industry job opportunities has increased dramatically in the 77836 area over the last year(2010) and continues to grow in 2011. Over 400 oil industry related  More

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There are plenty of job opportunities in Caldwell. The problem with national demographic sites is that they don't have a clue of whats happening on the ground they  More

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Over 17 years ago

I have Lived in caldwell texas for most of my life and love it there but latley we have been having problems with the police department thinking that caldwell is their  More

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