2025 Compare Cities Education:
Aspen, CO vs Parker, CO

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Highlights
- Parker spends 49.6% less per student than Aspen.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 40.3% higher in Parker than in Aspen. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Parker had 1.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Aspen
 Aspen, COParker, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,699$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,199  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,132$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9144573
 Students per Counselor312  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Aspen    6 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

I've been living in valley for 6 years. I've moved here from right before crisis. It's good place to make money for young people, yeah..it still is. Though when I  More

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Over 12 years ago

beautiful cold and dry weather. Colorful  More

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In Winter the grocery store closest to the ski lifts is so packed full of people it is really difficult to move through the store, especially if you have a cart. It  More

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Reviews for Parker    28 Reviews

I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here over 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small  More

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I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small CITY but  More

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Over 4 years ago

This is my 15th year in Parker, CO. Very nice initially. VERY EXPENSIVE to buy a home now. I rented all this time and despite making over $100,000 per year, cannot  More

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