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2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fairfax, VA vs Colorado Springs, CO

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Highlights
- Colorado Springs spends 28.7% less per student than Fairfax.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is % in Colorado Springs than in Fairfax. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Colorado Springs had % residents who had graduated High School compared to Fairfax
 Fairfax, VAColorado Springs, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,529$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,085  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,663$7,999
Pupil/Teacher Ratio 17.0616.23
Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 10 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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Reviews for Colorado Springs    199 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I grew up in Colorado Springs, left for the military, and moved back in 2008. It is not the same place I grew up in or what it was 15 years ago. High crime,  More

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Over 1 years ago

Moved here from san diego. All expenses went up with exception to gas. San diego may not have an affordable housing market, but with all others equal san diego is still  More

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Moved here in the summer from one of the hottest places on earth and my quality of life has gone up dramatically. I can walk outside, there are enormous mountains to  More

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