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Rifle, CO vs Liberal, KS

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Highlights
- Liberal spends 7.2% more per student than Rifle.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.3% lower in Liberal than in Rifle. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Liberal had 20.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rifle
 Rifle, COLiberal, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,743$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,834  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,220$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2284573
 Students per Counselor214  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock18.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock69.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%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 8 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 Liberal    3 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

The people of the Liberal Kansas population in this this website and others is very wrong. The Hispanc population of Liberal is around 70%. I am one one them and proud  More

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Over 16 years ago

Im from Liberal Kansas, and Im an addopted Mexican. The population of Hispanics in Liberal is 70%, and the black and white population is about the same. Here the  More

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Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Low crime rate 2. Low cost of living and housing 3. Affordable place to live 4. Good ethnic diversity compared to the rest of Kansas Cons: 1. Very poor  More

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