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Colorado Springs, CO vs Watertown, NY

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Highlights
- Watertown spends 72.7% more per student than Colorado Springs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.4% lower in Watertown than in Colorado Springs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Watertown had 4.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Colorado Springs

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 Colorado Springs, COWatertown, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,529$21,632$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,295$19,280$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,663$11,905$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.0612.5516.23
 Students per Librarian6214004573
 Students per Counselor274277530
 Grade School Educ.2.4%3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%7.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.9%90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.0%20.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.7%10.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.2%24.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.0%8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%2.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.7%0.5%1.5%

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Reviews for Colorado Springs    198 Reviews

Moved here from san diego. All expenses went up with exception to gas. San diego may not have an affordable housing market, but with all others equal san diego is still  More

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Moved here in the summer from one of the hottest places on earth and my quality of life has gone up dramatically. I can walk outside, there are enormous mountains to  More

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I have been in COS on and off for a couple years, finally making the permanent move several months ago. I have lived in Philly, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, and Charlotte,  More

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Reviews for Watertown    2 Reviews

I don’t live there but visit on occasion. Very quiet town. Ran into a white out blizzard while driving there that a local tells me isn’t unusual. One minute I could  More

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Over 16 years ago

As a city primarily filled and flourished with military families, Watertown is a decent place to live. Because of the population influx from military families, the town  More

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ZIPS IN COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
80918, 80916, 80909, 80920, 80906, 80917, 80910, 80922, 80923, 80907, 21 total
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