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Truth or Consequences, NM vs Barstow, CA

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- Barstow spends 4.4% more per student than Truth or Consequences.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 57.4% higher in Barstow than in Truth or Consequences. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Barstow had 4.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Truth or Consequences
 Truth or Consequences, NMBarstow, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,673$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,423  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,933$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock131664573
 Students per Counselor0  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.1%1.5%
Reviews for Truth Or Consequences    3 Reviews

I've lived here 10 years and was recently thinking about adding to my small rental portfolio...then I saw an episode of Island Life and Hawaii Life and remembered how  More

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Occasional crime sprees (series of break-ins, robberies) interspersed with fairly long periods of quiet. I feel MUCH safe than I would living in Albuquerque and will go  More

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Over 12 years ago

numbers can be deceiving-the stats don't look bad here for a lot of categories....but I lived in T or c for 7 yrs...maybe the air is clean in regard to normal industrial  More

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Reviews for Barstow    14 Reviews

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The positive of Barstow- yes there is something positive that can be said about Barstow. At least it's not as bad as South Lake Tahoe. The only reason it gets 2 stars  More

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Over 7 years ago

Just a place to travel thru. Cheap alternative to LA suburbs, about 70 miles or Palm Springs. It is in high Mojave desert, hot in the summer, 100-110, can get down  More

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Be careful is all I can say. I moved there with the focus to buy a home the investor Cliff Unegbu AKA Clifford Unegbu will rip off as many people as he can and use  More

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