2025 Compare Cities Education:
Virginia City, NV vs Pagosa Springs, CO

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Highlights
- Pagosa Springs spends 33.1% less per student than Virginia City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 52.8% higher in Pagosa Springs than in Virginia City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pagosa Springs had 8.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Virginia City
 Virginia City, NVPagosa Springs, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,652$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,256  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,146$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock18024573
 Students per Counselor108  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock2.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Virginia City    1 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

I find the water quality score of 40 in Virginia City to be open for debate. It is basically snow melt, coming from Lake Marlette in the Tahoe area. Looks great. Tastes  More

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Reviews for Pagosa Springs    12 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Driving in from the Durango airport (If you can ignore the slum area just before town on 160) is a beautiful sight! As pretty as any town in Colorado. (Except for all  More

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Over 7 years ago

First off it’s generally beautiful around here! Tons of things to do..mostly outside things, like you’d expect from a ski/mountain town -hunting, fishing, hiking,  More

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Over 8 years ago

Pagosa is a beautiful mountain town with an abundance of outdoor activities: skiing, fishing, hunting, hiking, and camping. It is also a major tourist area with many  More

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