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Canon City, CO vs Grand Junction, CO

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Highlights
- Grand Junction spends 23.1% less per student than Canon City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.8% higher in Grand Junction than in Canon City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Grand Junction had 1.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Canon City

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 Canon City, COGrand Junction, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,667$15,132$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,833$11,210$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,989$5,929$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.7116.3116.23
 Students per Librarian6766694573
 Students per Counselor233250530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%6.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.0%91.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.7%24.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.7%7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.0%34.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.4%7.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%2.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.5%1.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Canon City    9 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

While most of the rest of the front range of Colorado has seen very large housing price increases over the last 4 years, the same cannot be said of Canon City. In  More

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I'm looking to relocate there and wondering how the schools are? I have two children, one in elementary and one in high school, so looking for decent schools for  More

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Over 13 years ago

Anyone with firsthand stories of canon city corruption go to facebook and do a search for CanonCityColoradoCorruption and tell your story. God save the good people of  More

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Reviews for Grand Junction    54 Reviews

Grand Junction is another one of those fast growing places due to its cheaper than average cost of living. However with each passing year, that once $600 a month one  More

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I’ve lived in Grand Junction for 18 years, but have been coming here (girlfriend, wife, family) since 1992. I think the biggest change or challenge for long time locals,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in Grand Junction for 14 months and it is a nice area, but very expensive to live. There is an ongoing housing crisis due to poor city planning and it has  More

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81212
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