2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rock Island, IL vs Ruidoso, NM

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Highlights
- Ruidoso spends 7.5% less per student than Rock Island.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.3% lower in Ruidoso than in Rock Island. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ruidoso had 2.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rock Island
 Rock Island, ILRuidoso, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,803$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,861  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,018$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.16  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7584573
 Students per Counselor392  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Rock Island    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Poor school system 3. Not much to  More

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Rock Island has a varied background and contains many cultural and historic areas. It has been improving its school system and is in a metropolitan area which contains  More

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Over 19 years ago

I just moved here for work one year ago. Moving from San Francisco here was a shock but ultimatelly good. The community is a typical midwestern small town. It is part  More

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Reviews for Ruidoso    12 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Best place in NM to live , unless you like crowds, traffic, crime, and concrete. Plenty of jobs and min wage is now close to $12/hr. Housing is a little pricey but  More

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Over 3 years ago

I love Ruidoso, or "noisy river". I have always visited but now i live here. Was my first choice if I ever moved. I am so glad I left El Paso, was getting way to big  More

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I’ve lived in this town for nine years and loved it. The weather is by far the best thing about this town. Just don’t be a “rude Texan,“ and you will be fine. Try not to  More

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