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West Des Moines, IA vs Castle Rock, CO

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- Castle Rock spends 11.2% less per student than West Des Moines.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.5% higher in Castle Rock than in West Des Moines. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Castle Rock had 0.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to West Des Moines
 West Des Moines, IACastle Rock, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,699$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,894  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,132$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9144573
 Students per Counselor362  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for West Des Moines    4 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

I just moved here from out-of-state a few months ago and have been pleasantly surprised by the broad range of activities and amenities available in this medium sized IA  More

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Over 16 years ago

Am contemplating a move to WDM from the East Coast (NYC). Might there be anyone out there that may have experienced this and could offer guidance or comment. Thanks.   More

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We just moved to West Des Moines and we love it here! We moved here three months ago and every weekend we have been able to do something different and fun. There is  More

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Reviews for Castle Rock    12 Reviews

My fiance and I moved here in 2018 shortly after finishing college. I work in Colorado Springs and she works in the Denver area, so Castle Rock was practically our only  More

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Over 7 years ago

I have always been mobile for my career, until I moved to Castle Rock. I've lived in in multiple cities in the Midwest including Chicago and have visited nearly every  More

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Over 11 years ago

we have four seasons, and the rockies are only two hrs.away. so for the outdoors enthusist sking or hiking is like no other place you have been or seen it is hard to  More

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