2025 Compare Cities Education:
Forest Park, IL vs Fort Collins, CO

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Highlights
- Fort Collins spends 34.5% less per student than Forest Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.8% higher in Fort Collins than in Forest Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Collins had 1.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Forest Park
 Forest Park, ILFort Collins, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,339$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,338$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4844573
 Students per Counselor481  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.8%1.5%
Reviews for Forest Park    2 Reviews

Lived here in Forest Park since 2017, and I can safely say it’s getting worse. As a matter of fact, just 2 days ago while moving my stuff out of my old apartment, a  More

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Over 14 years ago

I've lived in Forest Park twice and love it. Convenience to Eisenhower and downtown or West Suburbs as I worked in Hillside. I was single male in late 20's with  More

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Reviews for Fort Collins    71 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Moved my family here a few months ago and have been so disappointed. Housing is dismal - you get low quality and almost nothing for what you’re paying. The house we’re  More

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Over 4 years ago

There is a high cost of living in all of Colorado, and there is a train that runs through the town a honks its horn for about 5 min straight which is very annoying  More

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My family established our home in Larimer County in 1973; this area, Fort Collins, was a quaint, western-ish town we loved to visit. So I’ve visited FoCo multiple times  More

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