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Las Cruces, NM vs Carlsbad, NM

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Highlights
- Carlsbad spends 6.7% more per student than Las Cruces.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.9% higher in Carlsbad than in Las Cruces. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carlsbad had 4.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Las Cruces

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 Las Cruces, NMCarlsbad, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,307$13,128$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,055$9,790$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,484$5,994$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.0518.3416.23
 Students per Librarian191212534573
 Students per Counselor4681089530
 Grade School Educ.6.1%5.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.4%11.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.6%83.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%23.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.3%9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.4%18.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.7%5.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%0.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%0.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Las Cruces    50 Reviews

I've lived in Las Cruces for six months now. Before moving here I was in Albuquerque (3 hrs north) for four years and before that I lived in Northern Utah most of my  More

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Over 1 years ago

Las Cruces is a hidden gem! Homes are still affordable, you're not far from bigger city entertainment/transportation, and the scenery in beautiful. It's not all dry  More

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Over 3 years ago

It depends on what you are looking for; for me Las Cruces is and ideal place. I am retired and the kind of places I seek to live in have changed over the years. I have  More

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Reviews for Carlsbad    15 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

We used to visit here every few years from Michigan just to see the Living Desert State Park. A very long way to drive to spend a a couple of days in this hauntingly  More

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Been here 9 years. Very difficult place. Price gouging, extremely expensive to live here. Crazy amounts of crime, cops do nothing. Very crowded, bad traffic and crazy  More

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I've lived here ten years and hate it. It's an oilfield town and they take advantage of that by doing a lot of price gouging... it's very difficult to find reasonably  More

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