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Castle Rock, CO vs Crested Butte, CO

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- Crested Butte spends 5.9% more per student than Castle Rock.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.4% lower in Crested Butte than in Castle Rock. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Crested Butte had 2.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Castle Rock
 Castle Rock, COCrested Butte, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,748  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,175$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.62  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3684573
 Students per Counselor279  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock99.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Castle Rock    12 Reviews

My fiance and I moved here in 2018 shortly after finishing college. I work in Colorado Springs and she works in the Denver area, so Castle Rock was practically our only  More

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Over 7 years ago

I have always been mobile for my career, until I moved to Castle Rock. I've lived in in multiple cities in the Midwest including Chicago and have visited nearly every  More

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Over 11 years ago

we have four seasons, and the rockies are only two hrs.away. so for the outdoors enthusist sking or hiking is like no other place you have been or seen it is hard to  More

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Reviews for Crested Butte    5 Reviews

Crested Butte is literally hell on earth. I can't imagine WHY anybody would want to come here. Do yourself a favor - stay in California and Texas.  More

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Over 11 years ago

First of all, we are sick and tired of the report that there are 1,500 people in Crested Butte. Maybe in the "town limits" which is a small area. There is CB South,  More

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Over 17 years ago

My husband and I own a second home in CB. We bought it the very first time we came to this little town. It is truly an undiscovered gem - like Aspen before it became  More

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