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Colorado Springs, CO vs Fort Dodge, IA

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- Fort Dodge spends 17.0% more per student than Colorado Springs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.1% lower in Fort Dodge than in Colorado Springs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Dodge had 4.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Colorado Springs
 Colorado Springs, COFort Dodge, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,653$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,295  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,814$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14274573
 Students per Counselor274  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Fort Dodge    4 Reviews

Corrupt politicians always scheming to funnel public money to wealthy private interests, creating a welfare dependent economy that will be imploding sooner than later,  More

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Over 10 years ago

Before moving to the Fort Dodge area please consider other options. The city is a decaying town, streets have definitely seen better days and are filthy. There are not  More

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Over 15 years ago

I see that everyone is rather hard on Fort Dodge. I grew up and lived there until I married and (like a failed pioneer) moved east to Gettysburg, Pa. It was the best  More

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