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Silver City, NM vs Hastings, NE

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Highlights
- Hastings spends 10.0% less per student than Silver City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.6% lower in Hastings than in Silver City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hastings had 2.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Silver City
 Silver City, NMHastings, NEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,689$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,728  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,290$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3164573
 Students per Counselor273  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
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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Reviews for Hastings    3 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

The City's population is not as big as it says I don't think I don't think it has grown very much at all since the seventies in fact I think it has gotten smaller  More

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Hastings is home to Hastings College, one of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges; the Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History and the Lied Super Screen  More

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Over 19 years ago

Hastings is where Kool-Aid was invented. This small city of 25,000 has several beautiful parks with lakes and streams. Hastings Lake is wonderful to take walk on wide  More

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