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Colorado Springs, CO vs Butte-Silver Bow, MT

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- Butte-Silver Bow spends 3.4% more per student than Colorado Springs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.8% lower in Butte-Silver Bow than in Colorado Springs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Butte-Silver Bow had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Colorado Springs
 Colorado Springs, COButte-Silver Bow, MTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,950$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,295  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,296$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4624573
 Students per Counselor274  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%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 Butte-Silver Bow    15 Reviews

I think I read the 14 reviews. None of the people were from Butte. You do have to be hardy if you're going to live here. Yes, we're called the Mining City because that's  More

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Over 5 years ago

This is the armpit of Montana. Been here 5 years and Bitten by 1 dog, assulted by 2 dog owners whose dogs came at me aggressively, then the owners, for protecting  More

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Over 6 years ago

I was excited about moving to Butte--I used to visit a lot in college, and fell in love with the history and scenery. Unfortunately, after the first few months in Butte,  More

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