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Colorado Springs, CO vs Ashland, VA

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Highlights
- Ashland spends 10.5% less per student than Colorado Springs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.6% lower in Ashland than in Colorado Springs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ashland had 7.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Colorado Springs
 Colorado Springs, COAshland, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,218$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,295  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,246$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6024573
 Students per Counselor274  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
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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Reviews for Ashland    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Ashland Is by far the best place to live without Living In the city of richmond yes the housing is more but its safer and has THE BEST SCHOOL IN VA. My brother loves his  More

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Where to begin: With a kid in college in this town I have access to all the good and bad opinions. Have you ever heard of Homemades By Suzanne? Great Deli for eat in  More

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Ashland is built around an excellent small liberal arts college, Randolph-Macon College. The school enjoys a great reputation with both Richmond and D.C. offering  More

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