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Fountain, CO vs Commerce City, CO

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Highlights
- Commerce City spends 18.4% more per student than Fountain.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.4% higher in Commerce City than in Fountain. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Commerce City had 11.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fountain

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 Fountain, COCommerce City, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,529$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,295$11,298$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,663$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.0618.6716.23
 Students per Librarian62110044573
 Students per Counselor274324530
 Grade School Educ.2.3%7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%9.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.0%83.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.30.6%21.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.12.2%8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.7%25.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.0%7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%0.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.9%0.4%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Commerce City    3 Reviews

I've lived here for 12 years. Back then the houses were priced right, you could get a nice smaller house for under 100k. Right now the prices are outrageous, like  More

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I recently moved to Commerce City, specifically the Reunion/Buffalo Mesa area. I love it here - it's a great family community with a wide variety of ethnicities. There  More

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Shacks, Blue collar trash, and crime. Add in traffic, oil refineries, and the smell of fresh pretrol with a truck stop and there you have Commerce City. The name speaks  More

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ZIPS IN FOUNTAIN, COLORADO
80817 80928
ZIPS IN COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO
80022 80640

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