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Hobbs, NM vs Vallejo, CA

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- Vallejo spends 17.1% more per student than Hobbs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.6% higher in Vallejo than in Hobbs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Vallejo had 13.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Hobbs
 Hobbs, NMVallejo, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,968$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,736  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,685$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.09  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock62534573
 Students per Counselor696  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Hobbs    3 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Hobbs, New Mexico is a growing city on the eastern edge of the New Mexico- texas border. The people are friendly and hard working. The school system is in the top tier  More

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Over 15 years ago

Hobbs is the worst place in the U.S. to live. People that live here are snobs and they aren't helpful at all. Forget about getting a job here. If they don't like you,  More

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Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living and housing for region 2. Affordable place to live 3. Nice physical setting and climate Cons: 1. Very high crime rate 2.  More

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Reviews for Vallejo    32 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

If you move to Vallejo, you will quickly realize that you're paying a lot of money to live in well-polished squalor. I moved to Vallejo in mid-2008 just as the city  More

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Over 7 years ago

I would love to live in a place where there are not fireworks all year round or gunshots every night. Police are understaffed and overworked and this is coming from a  More

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Over 7 years ago

I've lived in Vallejo for 5 years I moved here from Alameda California where I spent about 3 years and before that was in Seattle for 18 years. People said to  More

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