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Pahrump, NV vs Alamosa, CO

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Highlights
- Alamosa spends 14.5% less per student than Pahrump.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.9% lower in Alamosa than in Pahrump. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Alamosa had 3.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Pahrump
 Pahrump, NVAlamosa, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,012$11,124$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,026$10,048$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,061$5,660$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.4715.6616.23
 Students per Librarian6204874573
 Students per Counselor207182530
 Grade School Educ.4.2%7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.7%3.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.86.1%88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.4%25.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.2%10.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.12.8%23.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.2.9%6.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%1.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.6%2.8%1.5%
Reviews for Pahrump    28 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

There is so much new blood here and it's young. With the opening of Arby's, Chipotle, and maybe Dutch Brothers it's starting to feel a lot bigger than it used to. There  More

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Over 2 years ago

We moved to Pahrump about 7 years ago after our home in Las Vegas sold to the first couple looking at it, and we couldn't find a home there that we liked in our price  More

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Someone needs to update this information. Things have changed. The Town of Pahrump is making changes. No one wants negative comments about where they live, and the fact  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 11 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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