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Grand Junction, CO vs Chico, CA

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Highlights
- Chico spends 1.9% more per student than Grand Junction.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.8% higher in Chico than in Grand Junction. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chico had 2.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Grand Junction

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 Grand Junction, COChico, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,132$15,415$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,210$13,014$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,929$7,909$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.3120.3516.23
 Students per Librarian66958434573
 Students per Counselor250455530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%3.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.2%93.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%26.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.8%10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.4%39.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.8%8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%2.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.7%2.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Grand Junction    54 Reviews

Grand Junction is another one of those fast growing places due to its cheaper than average cost of living. However with each passing year, that once $600 a month one  More

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I’ve lived in Grand Junction for 18 years, but have been coming here (girlfriend, wife, family) since 1992. I think the biggest change or challenge for long time locals,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in Grand Junction for 14 months and it is a nice area, but very expensive to live. There is an ongoing housing crisis due to poor city planning and it has  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 2 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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ZIPS IN GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO
81501 81503 81506 81505
ZIPS IN CHICO, CALIFORNIA
95926 95928 95973

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