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Zapata, TX vs Gallup, NM

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Highlights
- Gallup spends 35.5% more per student than Zapata.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.9% higher in Gallup than in Zapata. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gallup had 6.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Zapata
 Zapata, TXGallup, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,714$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,155  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,163$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.36  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock63384573
 Students per Counselor251  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.10.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Zapata    1 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

zapata is a really nice place to live at if your not into the whole big city thing but we are growing in total with the four other towns around Zapata the population  More

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Reviews for Gallup    7 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

I have lived in Gallup for over 20 years and find this area very interesting. The tourist just blowing through see the vagrants & general run-down appearance, turn up  More

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Over 14 years ago

Gallup NM has great places to hike around and minimal cultural diversity. I found most of the white folk ( I am caucasion) to be super red neck.. I am having a hard time  More

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Over 15 years ago

I have to argue with the so called statistics. There are 3 kinds of lies and this is one of them in my view. I am/was an ER nurse and we see the worst a society has to  More

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