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Bow Mar, CO vs Parker, CO

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Highlights
- Parker spends 16.6% less per student than Bow Mar.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.3% lower in Parker than in Bow Mar. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Parker had 2.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bow Mar
 Bow Mar, COParker, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,699$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,429  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,132$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.68  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9144573
 Students per Counselor353  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.77.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree12.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Bow Mar    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Total is higher than I thought at 4.35%. (2.9% State, 1.0% RTD (transport), .25% County, .10% Cultural District, and .10% Fire District. That equals 4.35% not the 8.1%  More

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Over 13 years ago

The city of Bow Mar has no sales tax. State and County sales taxes are no more the 3.75% An 8.1% sales tax rate is pure  More

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Over 19 years ago

Boulder's reputation as having one of the best schools in the world(#11), and being several times rated as the #1 Party school, gives an awful lot of irony and possibly  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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