2025 Compare Cities Education:
Commerce City, CO vs Aurora, CO

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Highlights
- Aurora spends 2.6% more per student than Commerce City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.3% lower in Aurora than in Commerce City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Aurora had 3.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Commerce City
 Commerce City, COAurora, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,228$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,298  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,402$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.67  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock17764573
 Students per Counselor324  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Commerce City    3 Reviews

I've lived here for 12 years. Back then the houses were priced right, you could get a nice smaller house for under 100k. Right now the prices are outrageous, like  More

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I recently moved to Commerce City, specifically the Reunion/Buffalo Mesa area. I love it here - it's a great family community with a wide variety of ethnicities. There  More

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Shacks, Blue collar trash, and crime. Add in traffic, oil refineries, and the smell of fresh pretrol with a truck stop and there you have Commerce City. The name speaks  More

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Reviews for Aurora    40 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Used to be affordable. I lived in aurora for 5 years and it was a great because I could drive to all the cool places in Denver and elsewhere. I was priced out  More

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It is ok. Not great. It used to be worth the cost (4/5 stars). The schools are mediocre, the people are hit or miss. People born here are friendly but  More

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Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for 10 years, and I gotta say, it's easily one of the most overpriced cities I've ever lived in. The cost of living makes it not worth it to live here,  More

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