2025 Compare Cities Education:
Chicago, IL vs Colorado City, CO

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Highlights
- Colorado City spends 52.1% less per student than Chicago.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.9% higher in Colorado City than in Chicago. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Colorado City had 9.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Chicago
 Chicago, ILColorado City, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,500$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,334$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7294573
 Students per Counselor481  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock17.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Chicago    270 Reviews

I've lived in Chicago city and later moved to suburbs when family size increased. Absolutely love this city. This is the cleanest and most beautiful among the major  More

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Chicago is probably the best value in a major city that you can find and my personal favorite city. It will become increasingly important as climate change makes the  More

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I've live on north side and south side, UIC medical center. Don't move here go to the north side. No good amenities, if you get bored with one there is no other choices.  More

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Reviews for Colorado City    3 Reviews

I’ve lived here for 12 years and it’s amazing. You get lots of snow days and we’ve had 3 in a row so far(yay no school right???) it’s truly beautiful here and the  More

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Over 18 years ago

Nice weather. Middle of may and temps in the mid 70's, rains in the afternoons and cools things  More

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