2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fairbanks, AK vs Storrs, CT

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Highlights
- Storrs spends 34.2% more per student than Fairbanks.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 57.7% lower in Storrs than in Fairbanks. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Storrs had 0.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fairbanks
 Fairbanks, AKStorrs, CTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,772$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,938  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,115$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio27.6  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2804573
 Students per Counselor328  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock26.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock10.7%1.5%
Reviews for Fairbanks    20 Reviews

I have lived in the Fairbanks area for about 25 years and have become very comfortable with the community and the lifestyle here. That said, retirement is fast  More

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Over 14 years ago

Comments about Fairbanks, both positive and negative, are of interest to me. Was in Fairbanks this past March [and north on Cleary Summit] and fell in love with the  More

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Over 15 years ago

I came to Alaska 15 years ago on an adventure and first lived in Juneau, which I LOVED and then moved to Eagle River, which I loved and now live in Fairbanks! I do not  More

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Reviews for Storrs    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

E.O. Smith High School is located on a corner of the University of Connecticut campus. A substantial fraction of Mansfield school system students are the children of  More

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Storrs is a safe, clean, civic-minded town within the larger town of Mansfield. I believe your income (per capita and household) information is skewed downward because  More

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