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Fort Lauderdale, FL vs Fountain, CO

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Highlights
- Fountain spends 6.9% more per student than Fort Lauderdale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.1% lower in Fountain than in Fort Lauderdale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fountain had 6.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Lauderdale

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 Fort Lauderdale, FLFountain, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,723$12,529$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,998$10,295$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,249$5,663$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.1917.0616.23
 Students per Librarian7216214573
 Students per Counselor366274530
 Grade School Educ.4.1%2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%2.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.89.1%95.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.3%30.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.1%12.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.3%30.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.0%7.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%0.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%0.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Fort Lauderdale    64 Reviews

Fort Lauderdale and South Florida are eclectic, which makes for a tough adjustment if you're from a homogenous area. The secret is to find the location of all the things  More

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Like any city, Fort Lauderdale has it's good points and it's bad. On the good side you can't beat the weather here, especially October to June. No snow and no winter  More

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Over 9 years ago

My husband I are are from Illinois and Indiana. We moved here five years ago and we still HATE it! In the Midwest people are friendly and care about others. I can't  More

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Reviews for Fountain    4 Reviews

Junky, Trashy, Transient, Rental Town, with no infrastructure or proactive government. Take exit 128 off I-25 and Drive around to see for yourself. Especially Old  More

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After living in 3 states and in Denver,Springs and Pueblo(within CO), I find Fountain to be a quiet, safe and cost effective place to live. It has moderate temps and  More

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Over 15 years ago

Fountain is a great place to live. Housing is affordable and not segregated (all the condo's not in one part of town and all of the big homes in another). The city  More

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ZIPS IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
33311 33312 33308 33304 33301 33315 33305 33316 33306
ZIPS IN FOUNTAIN, COLORADO
80817 80928

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