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Espanola, NM vs Elko, NV

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- Elko spends 15.8% less per student than Espanola.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.2% higher in Elko than in Espanola. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Elko had 4.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Espanola
 Espanola, NMElko, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,248$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,455  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,906$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9074573
 Students per Counselor441  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.15.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Espanola    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

The cost of living is much too high for what you get here. The gas prices are at least 20 cents per gallon higher than anywhere else around. The electric bills are  More

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Over 19 years ago

high real estate  More

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Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 16 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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