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Tehachapi, CA vs Gallup, NM

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- Gallup spends 3.3% more per student than Tehachapi.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.5% lower in Gallup than in Tehachapi. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gallup had 5.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Tehachapi
 Tehachapi, CAGallup, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,714$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,163$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock63384573
 Students per Counselor764  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.31.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Tehachapi    8 Reviews

We moved out of the Los Angeles/Orange County area to escape the traffic. When we moved to bear Valley Springs (about 15 miles outside of Tehachapi) there was literally  More

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Over 7 years ago

I lived here for over 18 years before moving away and still don't miss this town. This town is great for the elderly and young families but not great for teens and young  More

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Tehachapi is a Mountain Community in the southern part of the Sierra Nevada between the Central Valley (Bakersfield) and the Antelope Valley (Mojave, Palmdale,  More

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Reviews for Gallup    7 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I have lived in Gallup for over 20 years and find this area very interesting. The tourist just blowing through see the vagrants & general run-down appearance, turn up  More

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Over 13 years ago

Gallup NM has great places to hike around and minimal cultural diversity. I found most of the white folk ( I am caucasion) to be super red neck.. I am having a hard time  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have to argue with the so called statistics. There are 3 kinds of lies and this is one of them in my view. I am/was an ER nurse and we see the worst a society has to  More

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