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Colorado Springs, CO vs Fairfax, VA

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Highlights
- Fairfax spends 40.3% more per student than Colorado Springs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is % in Fairfax than in Colorado Springs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fairfax had % residents who had graduated High School compared to Colorado Springs

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 Colorado Springs, COFairfax, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,529$17,573$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,295$16,085$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,663$10,083$7,999
Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.06 16.23

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Reviews for Colorado Springs    198 Reviews

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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I have been in COS on and off for a couple years, finally making the permanent move several months ago. I have lived in Philly, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, and Charlotte,  More

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Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 9 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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ZIPS IN COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
80918, 80916, 80909, 80920, 80906, 80917, 80910, 80922, 80923, 80907, 21 total
ZIPS IN FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA
22030

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