2025 Compare Cities Education:
Parachute, CO vs Carson City, NV

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- Carson City spends 33.0% less per student than Parachute.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 47.3% higher in Carson City than in Parachute. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carson City had 0.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Parachute
 Parachute, COCarson City, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,224$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,834  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,732$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock21784573
 Students per Counselor214  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.33.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.8.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Parachute    2 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

The water rating is wrong. This water is not drinkable. I will not give it to my dog. I hate to think what it's doing to my skin and  More

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In my opinion, the Parachute area is not that great. There is nothing to do anywhere near here. I moved out here thinking I could just drive to Denver now and then to  More

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Reviews for Carson City    15 Reviews

Visited on and off over the years. It is actually green in the surrounding areas, right in town it lacks good green planning. Being so close to Carson and Tahoe,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I'd give Carson City a zero if I could. Simply, there's nothing to do here except drink and gamble. Sure, Tahoe seems close, but the vibrant part is about 40 minutes  More

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Carson City, Nevada is a wonderful place to raise a family and/or retire. We raised our two youngest children here and now we are retired, after moving to CC 21 years  More

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