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Little Rock, AR vs Alamosa, CO

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Highlights
- Alamosa spends 18.4% less per student than Little Rock.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.6% higher in Alamosa than in Little Rock. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Alamosa had 3.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Little Rock
 Little Rock, ARAlamosa, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,124$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,202  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,660$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.03  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4874573
 Students per Counselor361  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.8%1.5%
Reviews for Little Rock    59 Reviews

I grew up in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and moved to Little Rock in 2007. I decided to move out of state in 2014, but I definitely enjoyed my time in Little Rock. It is  More

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Little Rock is a city that I thoroughly researched before moving to, but nothing prepared me for the hills! They're even steeper than San Francisco, and they're  More

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After leaving critical reviews for a LOT of different cities, I finally found my home. Before moving to Little Rock, I had researched nearly every medium/big city in the  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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