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Truth or Consequences, NM vs Silver City, NM

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- Silver City spends 16.2% more per student than Truth or Consequences.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.2% lower in Silver City than in Truth or Consequences. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Silver City had 0.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Truth or Consequences
 Truth or Consequences, NMSilver City, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,327$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,423  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,911$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8894573
 Students per Counselor0  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%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 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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