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Rifle, CO vs Gainesville, TX

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- Gainesville spends 9.6% less per student than Rifle.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.1% lower in Gainesville than in Rifle. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gainesville had 8.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rifle
 Rifle, COGainesville, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,437$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,834  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,406$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5714573
 Students per Counselor214  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Rifle    6 Reviews

I love the Western Slope!! While there are a lot of good things to be said about the Western Slope of Colorado, which Rifle is, there are some concerning things as  More

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Been living in the area for 3 years, Rifle for half of that. The city recently upgraded the water facilities, and the north half of I-70 no longer has the nasty hard  More

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Over 9 years ago

This area has a heroin/meth problem. It doesn't really impact you if you avoid it, but you tend to see a lot of tweakers/beggars/homeless around town. Water is not that  More

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Reviews for Gainesville    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I have lived here for the last 52 years, and my parents and grandparents were also born here in Gainesville, Cooke county. I am very disheartened by the increase in  More

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Unemplyment for peoples of African descent seem to be way higher than the city average. Culturally the town is very segregated emotional and culturaly with limited  More

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