2025 Compare Cities Education:
New Castle, CO vs Boulder, CO

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Highlights
- Boulder spends 17.4% more per student than New Castle.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.8% higher in Boulder than in New Castle. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boulder had 2.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to New Castle
 New Castle, COBoulder, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,153$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,834  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,939$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6194573
 Students per Counselor214  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock9.0%1.5%
Reviews for New Castle    3 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Small town  More

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Over 12 years ago

Been here about 1 1/2 years. Climate is great, lots of snow in winter, mild summers but still hits triple digits though:/ Work is hard to come by unless you are in the  More

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New Castle is a small town outside of Glenwood Springs. We have beautiful weather, gorgeous mountains but it is very expensive to live here... I think the cost of  More

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Reviews for Boulder    55 Reviews

Outside of the university, Boulder had a very distinctive "wealthy hippy" feel. A lot of alternative medicine and a matching ethos. This is changing some among my  More

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We moved here from Texas about 4 years ago and love it here! The amazing sense of community and high regard for the environment are two of the main reasons we love  More

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Over 5 years ago

Most people do much worse than Boulder. I'm the most critical person I've ever met who is never happy or satisfied -- so that's a pretty huge compliment.   More

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