2024 Compare Cities Education:
Pagosa Springs, CO vs Austin, TX

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Highlights
- Austin spends 69.8% more per student than Pagosa Springs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.6% lower in Austin than in Pagosa Springs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Austin had 5.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Pagosa Springs
 Pagosa Springs, COAustin, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,652$19,780$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,175$10,538$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,146$6,081$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.5514.5316.23
 Students per Librarian18028054573
 Students per Counselor210391530
 Grade School Educ.4.8%5.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%4.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.86.0%90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.7%15.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.2.9%5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.5%55.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.4%14.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%3.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Pagosa Springs    12 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Driving in from the Durango airport (If you can ignore the slum area just before town on 160) is a beautiful sight! As pretty as any town in Colorado. (Except for all  More

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Over 6 years ago

First off it’s generally beautiful around here! Tons of things to do..mostly outside things, like you’d expect from a ski/mountain town -hunting, fishing, hiking,  More

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Over 7 years ago

Pagosa is a beautiful mountain town with an abundance of outdoor activities: skiing, fishing, hunting, hiking, and camping. It is also a major tourist area with many  More

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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

This Year

Good place to visit.  More

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Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

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The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  More

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