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Elephant Butte, NM vs Montgomery, TX

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- Montgomery spends 16.9% less per student than Elephant Butte.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.2% higher in Montgomery than in Elephant Butte. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Montgomery had 1.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Elephant Butte
 Elephant Butte, NMMontgomery, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,677$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,423  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,696$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11064573
 Students per Counselor0  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Elephant Butte    1 Reviews

Over 19 years ago

Hot, dry summers, cool winters - housing here is more occupied than what appears on the site. Neighborhoods are middle class and then the unoccupied housing are weekend  More

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Reviews for Montgomery    5 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Montgomery is a wonderful place to  More

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Summers on Lake Conroe are lovely casual, quaint, but extremely humid, hot and buggy. Temperatures reach as high as 105% in August and September. Summers last from June  More

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Nice large lake with plenty or room to ski, boat, and fish. We have many beautiful homes in established and new neighborhoods surrounding the lake and a national forest  More

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