2025 Compare Cities Education:
Colorado City, CO vs Columbia, SC

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 63.4% more per student than Colorado City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.7% lower in Columbia than in Colorado City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 4.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Colorado City
 Colorado City, COColumbia, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,157$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,722  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,360$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5744573
 Students per Counselor251  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%1.5%
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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Reviews for Columbia    50 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I love living in Columbia! I recently graduated from USC and plan to stay. I read the reviews posted here and it shows that like many cities, your experience will depend  More

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Loved living in Columbia, SC prior to my job transfer. It's the perfect size - plenty to do, but still a laid back place. People are extremely friendly, there are  More

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Columbia is such a unique and underrated place. It has a lot of character and history, and good nature trails. Everything feels accessible (by car) and you can get from  More

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