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Westcliffe, CO vs Alamosa, CO

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- Alamosa spends 65.5% less per student than Westcliffe.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.5% higher in Alamosa than in Westcliffe. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Alamosa had 9.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Westcliffe
 Westcliffe, COAlamosa, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,124$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,149  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,660$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.68  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4874573
 Students per Counselor222  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.8%1.5%
Reviews for Westcliffe    4 Reviews

I’ve lived here for almost 2 years. Everyone I’ve met is friendly and helpful. The winters are long. But the snow does come and go. The mountains are breathtaking with  More

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Beautiful area with great local ranch folks. We just bought a small ranch property and are fleeing Colorado Springs, which is being overrun by blue state refugees from  More

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Kindof the unknown town near Pueblo, Florence, and CO Springs that people are starting to discover. With Colony lakes, a reservoir, Bishops Castle, the Royal Gorge, and  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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