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Craig, CO vs Rifle, CO

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Highlights
- Rifle spends 7.9% more per student than Craig.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.4% lower in Rifle than in Craig. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rifle had 3.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Craig
 Craig, CORifle, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,757$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,507  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,791$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.39  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6014573
 Students per Counselor320  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Craig    6 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

I lived in Craig for 2 years, and they were the most miserable years of my life. The people are backwards and stuck in the 1970's. They voted down a rec-center; when I  More

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Over 10 years ago

I would ice pick myself in the throat if I had to live in this piece of garbage town. Everyone there is a meth head I bet they even wear their socks to bed. You would  More

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Over 13 years ago

The community is small and non progressive about change. Bigots and Rednecks. Only place on the map the climate and people are a match COLD and self serving.   More

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Reviews for Rifle    6 Reviews

I love the Western Slope!! While there are a lot of good things to be said about the Western Slope of Colorado, which Rifle is, there are some concerning things as  More

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Been living in the area for 3 years, Rifle for half of that. The city recently upgraded the water facilities, and the north half of I-70 no longer has the nasty hard  More

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Over 8 years ago

This area has a heroin/meth problem. It doesn't really impact you if you avoid it, but you tend to see a lot of tweakers/beggars/homeless around town. Water is not that  More

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