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Fort Collins, CO vs Lyons, CO

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Highlights
- Lyons spends 12.7% more per student than Fort Collins.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.9% higher in Lyons than in Fort Collins. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lyons had 1.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Collins

Education
 Fort Collins, COLyons, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,339$16,153$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,528$12,130$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,338$6,939$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.4617.1116.23
 Students per Librarian4846194573
 Students per Counselor173213530
 Grade School Educ.1.0%0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%1.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.0%98.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.3%14.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.6%4.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.6%70.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.17.5%30.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.8%5.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Fort Collins    71 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Moved my family here a few months ago and have been so disappointed. Housing is dismal - you get low quality and almost nothing for what you’re paying. The house we’re  More

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Over 3 years ago

There is a high cost of living in all of Colorado, and there is a train that runs through the town a honks its horn for about 5 min straight which is very annoying  More

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My family established our home in Larimer County in 1973; this area, Fort Collins, was a quaint, western-ish town we loved to visit. So I’ve visited FoCo multiple times  More

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Reviews for Lyons    5 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

My child attended LMSH from 6th grade through 8th grade.  During that time she was bullied so severely that it has caused severe trauma.  The bullying was  More

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Over 14 years ago

The teachers at both schools (elem and HS) are very good. Although I am disappointed in the district and where they spend their money. Recently the school added more  More

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Lyons has it's circles. It's not very tolerant of those who do not fit the majority  More

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ZIPS IN FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
80525 80526 80521 80524 80528
ZIPS IN LYONS, COLORADO
80540

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