2025 Compare Cities Education:
Escondido, CA vs Aspen, CO

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Highlights
- Aspen spends 54.1% more per student than Escondido.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 44.5% lower in Aspen than in Escondido. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Aspen had 22.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Escondido
 Escondido, CAAspen, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$25,214$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,161  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,870$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5334573
 Students per Counselor513  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Escondido    16 Reviews

Escondido wins because of the weather, but has a lot of drawbacks. The schools are HORRIBLE. Like really bad. I've moved around a lot and the schools are the worst  More

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Weather is perfect year round. There are tons of things to do with the lakes, parks, the world famous San Diego Zoo's Safari Park, performing arts center, numerous  More

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Over 9 years ago

Good cost of  More

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Reviews for Aspen    6 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

I've been living in valley for 6 years. I've moved here from right before crisis. It's good place to make money for young people, yeah..it still is. Though when I  More

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Over 12 years ago

beautiful cold and dry weather. Colorful  More

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In Winter the grocery store closest to the ski lifts is so packed full of people it is really difficult to move through the store, especially if you have a cart. It  More

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