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Orchard Mesa, CO vs Alamosa, CO

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- Alamosa spends 26.5% less per student than Orchard Mesa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.0% lower in Alamosa than in Orchard Mesa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Alamosa had 4.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Orchard Mesa
 Orchard Mesa, COAlamosa, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,124$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,210  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,660$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.31  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4874573
 Students per Counselor250  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.33.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.8%1.5%
Reviews for Orchard Mesa    1 Reviews

Small town feel, even though Orchard Mesa is part of Grand Junction. We have hiking trails close by and just a few short miles to downtown Grand Junction.   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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