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Espanola, NM vs Rifle, CO

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Highlights
- Rifle spends 12.5% less per student than Espanola.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.3% higher in Rifle than in Espanola. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rifle had 8.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Espanola
 Espanola, NMRifle, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,757$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,455  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,791$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6014573
 Students per Counselor441  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.15.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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 Rifle    6 Reviews

I love the Western Slope!! While there are a lot of good things to be said about the Western Slope of Colorado, which Rifle is, there are some concerning things as  More

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Been living in the area for 3 years, Rifle for half of that. The city recently upgraded the water facilities, and the north half of I-70 no longer has the nasty hard  More

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Over 8 years ago

This area has a heroin/meth problem. It doesn't really impact you if you avoid it, but you tend to see a lot of tweakers/beggars/homeless around town. Water is not that  More

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