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Erie, CO vs Rifle, CO

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Highlights
- Rifle spends 6.9% more per student than Erie.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.2% lower in Rifle than in Erie. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rifle had 10.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Erie
 Erie, CORifle, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,757$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,749  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,791$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.98  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6014573
 Students per Counselor258  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Erie    2 Reviews

Almost impossible to open a brick and mortar business here unless you're a lawyer, financial consultant, a restaurant or a dentist. Start jumping through hoops. Get  More

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Over 17 years ago

Erie has an aggressive expansion plan in place. The initial phase of this plan was to build a well-appointed library and community center, which were completed and  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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