2025 Compare Cities Education:
Salida, CO vs Silver City, NM

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Highlights
- Silver City spends 41.3% less per student than Salida.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.1% higher in Silver City than in Salida. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Silver City had 3.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Salida
 Salida, COSilver City, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,327$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,225  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,911$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8894573
 Students per Counselor229  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%1.5%
Reviews for Salida    3 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Salida is a cute small town with the Arkansas river running through. To be so small there's always activities going on  More

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The weather in the summer is wonderful, it will reach the low to mid 90's but there is absolutely no humidity, you can run around all day and not break a sweat. There is  More

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Over 19 years ago

I need info on average monthly temperatures in Salida Also wind speed information compared to springfield,  More

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Reviews for Silver City    13 Reviews

I bought here 1 year ago and live in the historical downtown. Crime is not a problem for us but we know crime happens here though the city is very tight knit about  More

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Over 1 years ago

Never been here but like looking for small towns to consider living in. Quite sadly they all seem to have the highest crime rates both violent and property crime. Where  More

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We moved to SC about a year ago. People are genuinely friendly-we actually have dinner in each other’s homes in our neighborhood. Historic downtown is quirky and fun  More

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