2025 Compare Cities Education:
Columbia Falls, MT vs Albany, CA

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Highlights
- Albany spends 30.6% more per student than Columbia Falls.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 45.7% higher in Albany than in Columbia Falls. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Albany had 4.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia Falls
 Columbia Falls, MTAlbany, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.83  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor337  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock10.4%1.5%
Reviews for Columbia Falls    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Plenty to do outside year round, though void of culture and decent  More

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Over 17 years ago

Columbia Falls is a very laid back blue collar sort of town. There is a wonderful ski resort less than 15 miles away, lakes & rivers only short driving distances away,  More

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Reviews for Albany    4 Reviews

Albany is one of the best places to live not only in California but the USA. Niche 2023 has ranked Albany the number one suburb in California and is consistently in the  More

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Over 13 years ago

Like many places in the Bay Area, there are some mixed-race couples and gay couples in Albany. What is really striking, though, is the number of families where both  More

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Albany was originally built as a railroad workers' town. So the bad news is that nearly every house was originally two, or at most three, bedrooms with one bath, about  More

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