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Scottsbluff, NE vs Alamosa, CO

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- Alamosa spends 15.9% less per student than Scottsbluff.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.6% higher in Alamosa than in Scottsbluff. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Alamosa had 1.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Scottsbluff
 Scottsbluff, NEAlamosa, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,124$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,762  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,660$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.83  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4874573
 Students per Counselor354  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.8%1.5%
Reviews for Scottsbluff    5 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

scottsbluff is definetly its own world if your from there and raised there managing the ways of any place beyond this panhandle if your not from hear the adapting to the  More

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This town is so afraid of change that it attempts to boycott everything: adult stores, tobacco shops, interstates, etc...I don't know if anyone here has noticed but the  More

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Over 17 years ago

Scottsbluff is a small town, and people here pride themselves on their "small town values." It is a safe place to live, and it is fabulous to not worry about big city  More

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Reviews for Alamosa    5 Reviews

Rating 1 out of 5 This place is absolutely Crawling with meth and heroin addicts. They roam the streets, they constantly knock on your door asking for rides and money.  More

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If want to retire in a nice, quiet place where you can live in isolation, you have a steady stream of income from an outside source, you don't have anything valuable  More

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Over 12 years ago

Honestly Alamosa is probably the worst place ever..It sucks..Especially being African-American here..The people show signs of racism which is confusing to me seeing that  More

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