2025 Compare Cities Education:
El Dorado, KS vs Denver, CO

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Highlights
- Denver spends 27.5% more per student than El Dorado.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.4% lower in Denver than in El Dorado. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Denver had 3.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to El Dorado
 El Dorado, KSDenver, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,503$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,697  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,000$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.72  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock20954573
 Students per Counselor475  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%1.5%
Reviews for El Dorado    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

I have lived in El Dorado most of my life. I have spent time in the military and living in Montana, but mostly in Kansas. El Dorado was considered a distant suburb of  More

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Over 17 years ago

Nice small town close to largest town in Kansas (Wichita). Has hospital, community college, state park and lake, good schools, and some retail. Not alot of jobs but many  More

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Reviews for Denver    470 Reviews

During my 25 years in Denver, I’ve witnessed trends found in other metro areas: homeless camps, panhandlers, worsening traffic, increased crime and rapidly appreciating  More

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I've lived in the Denver area for about eight years now. Moved here for college planning to get out as soon as I was done with college, and predictably got stuck  More

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I've lived in the city since I was born (1998) and I just was ready to get out. I'm a Denver native and I am ashamed of my city. I moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  More

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