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Las Vegas, NM vs Alamosa, CO

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Highlights
- Alamosa spends 30.2% less per student than Las Vegas.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.6% higher in Alamosa than in Las Vegas. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Alamosa had 3.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Las Vegas
 Las Vegas, NMAlamosa, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,124$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,459  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,660$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.69  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4874573
 Students per Counselor214  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.8%1.5%
Reviews for Las Vegas    3 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

I was motivated to write this review because Las Vegas is my favorite getaway from SE Colorado, where I live. I've been there many, many times -- I stay overnight there  More

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I live in Colorado and have driven by Las Vegas at least 20 times and always wished I could stop to visit. I even considered it as an option of future residence until I  More

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Over 16 years ago

Las Vegas New Mexico is truly an architectural gem-100s of historic registered buildings from victorian mansions to adobe haciendas unfortunately it is also full of  More

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Reviews for Alamosa    5 Reviews

Rating 1 out of 5 This place is absolutely Crawling with meth and heroin addicts. They roam the streets, they constantly knock on your door asking for rides and money.  More

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If want to retire in a nice, quiet place where you can live in isolation, you have a steady stream of income from an outside source, you don't have anything valuable  More

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Over 12 years ago

Honestly Alamosa is probably the worst place ever..It sucks..Especially being African-American here..The people show signs of racism which is confusing to me seeing that  More

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