2025 Compare Cities Education:
Burlington, VT vs Colorado Springs, CO

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Highlights
- Colorado Springs spends 44.5% less per student than Burlington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.6% higher in Colorado Springs than in Burlington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Colorado Springs had 0.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Burlington
 Burlington, VTColorado Springs, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,529$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,332  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,663$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6214573
 Students per Counselor230  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.57.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Burlington    32 Reviews

The good: beautiful, safe, walkable downtown, outdoors nearby. The bad: the woke nonsense is overwhelming, winters are long and brutal, dating scene is beyond  More

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Having lived in the Burlington VT area for more than a decade, I wish I would have done my research before relocating. Yes, VT has some great draws- but the cons far out  More

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Over 8 years ago

If your a hippie you'll love Burlington! The grass is green all year round.  More

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Reviews for Colorado Springs    199 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I grew up in Colorado Springs, left for the military, and moved back in 2008. It is not the same place I grew up in or what it was 15 years ago. High crime,  More

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Over 1 years ago

Moved here from san diego. All expenses went up with exception to gas. San diego may not have an affordable housing market, but with all others equal san diego is still  More

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Moved here in the summer from one of the hottest places on earth and my quality of life has gone up dramatically. I can walk outside, there are enormous mountains to  More

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