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Fountain, CO vs Tucson, AZ

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Highlights
- Tucson spends 14.2% less per student than Fountain.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.3% lower in Tucson than in Fountain. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tucson had 9.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fountain

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 Fountain, COTucson, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,529$10,756$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,295$8,897$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,663$4,785$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.0616.6616.23
 Students per Librarian62114474573
 Students per Counselor274519530
 Grade School Educ.2.3%5.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%8.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.0%86.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.30.6%25.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.12.2%8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.7%28.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.0%8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%1.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.9%1.8%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 Tucson    286 Reviews

I was reading the reviews for Tucson, and after living there for 6 years, I feel the need to weigh in. There are many pros in Tucson: access to recreational areas,  More

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I spend considerable time in and around Tucson, and I've see it rapidly going "downhill" since 2020. It's definitely not the nice town I remember from when I was a  More

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Almost eight years and this place still hasn't grown on me. Or my spouse. The summers are oppressive, and the winters (thanks, climate change!) are now wet even though  More

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ZIPS IN FOUNTAIN, COLORADO
80817 80928
ZIPS IN TUCSON, ARIZONA
85710, 85706, 85705, 85719, 85713, 85756, 85711, 85730, 85745, 85712, 21 total

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