2025 Compare Cities Education:
Brighton, CO vs Chico, CA

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Highlights
- Chico spends 3.9% more per student than Brighton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.0% higher in Chico than in Brighton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chico had 7.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Brighton
 Brighton, COChico, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,415$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,298  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,909$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.67  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock58434573
 Students per Counselor324  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Brighton    2 Reviews

I bought a house in Adams County Colorado found out that the same family had built my house and the house next door and shared the driveway the realestat agents told me  More

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Over 15 years ago

My name is Sandra I use to live in Eagle Pass until I got married and move to Colorado.I go and visit my parents once or twice a year they live in Chula Vista  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 3 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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