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Raton, NM vs Truth or Consequences, NM

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- Truth or Consequences spends 7.2% less per student than Raton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.3% higher in Truth or Consequences than in Raton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Truth or Consequences had 1.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Raton
 Raton, NMTruth or Consequences, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,048$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,321  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,198$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.72  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4184573
 Students per Counselor486  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.14.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.2%1.5%
Reviews for Raton    4 Reviews

Despite the unfortunate experience of one family that wrote three different reviews, Raton if the smart choice for both affordability and the relaxed lifestyle of a  More

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Wow when I moved here I thought what a beautiful place to live, until I heard the second and third graders swearing at each other at the bus stop and broke up three  More

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Well Raton does. The teacher's do not have a dress code. Yet the students are not allowed to wear headband's in the middle school or hoodies. I guess some students were  More

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Reviews for Truth Or Consequences    3 Reviews

I've lived here 10 years and was recently thinking about adding to my small rental portfolio...then I saw an episode of Island Life and Hawaii Life and remembered how  More

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Occasional crime sprees (series of break-ins, robberies) interspersed with fairly long periods of quiet. I feel MUCH safe than I would living in Albuquerque and will go  More

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Over 12 years ago

numbers can be deceiving-the stats don't look bad here for a lot of categories....but I lived in T or c for 7 yrs...maybe the air is clean in regard to normal industrial  More

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