2025 Compare Cities Education:
Burlington, VT vs Salida, CO

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Highlights
- Salida spends 23.3% more per student than Burlington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.9% higher in Salida than in Burlington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salida had 1.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Burlington
 Burlington, VTSalida, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$27,828$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,332  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,780$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5614573
 Students per Counselor230  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.57.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Salida    3 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Salida is a cute small town with the Arkansas river running through. To be so small there's always activities going on  More

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The weather in the summer is wonderful, it will reach the low to mid 90's but there is absolutely no humidity, you can run around all day and not break a sweat. There is  More

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Over 19 years ago

I need info on average monthly temperatures in Salida Also wind speed information compared to springfield,  More

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