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Tooele, UT vs Alamosa, CO

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- Alamosa spends 28.9% more per student than Tooele.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 47.6% lower in Alamosa than in Tooele. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Alamosa had 3.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Tooele
 Tooele, UTAlamosa, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,124$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,748  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,660$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio29.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4874573
 Students per Counselor660  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.8%1.5%
Reviews for Tooele    5 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I've lived in Utah all of my life, and in Tooele for 10 years. The traffic is worse than Salt Lake City. Average commute to downtown SLC used to be about 40 minutes.   More

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Over 10 years ago

I've lived in Utah for about 18 years now. It has become my home. I love raising my children here. I never thought that I would like living in Utah, as a matter of fact  More

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Over 15 years ago

We moved here because of my parents. We were not sure if we would even like it. Three years later, we're still here & wouldn't move if you paid us. Tooele HAS very  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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