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Salem, VA vs Truth or Consequences, NM

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- Truth or Consequences spends 6.7% more per student than Salem.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.4% higher in Truth or Consequences than in Salem. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Truth or Consequences had 6.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Salem
 Salem, VATruth or Consequences, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,048$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,203  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,198$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4184573
 Students per Counselor317  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.2%1.5%
Reviews for Salem    4 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

I am looking for property in  More

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Over 10 years ago

When we moved from Glen Allen VA to Salem I had read on here that cost of living including housing was cheaper. Housing is less unless you want a house bigger than 1300  More

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Over 14 years ago

Salem is a lovely town surrounded by the beauty of the Blue Ridge mountains. Spring, Summer and Fall is exceptionally beautiful with moderate climate and lots of  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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