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Fort Collins, CO vs Brush Prairie, WA

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- Brush Prairie spends 33.2% more per student than Fort Collins.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.1% higher in Brush Prairie than in Fort Collins. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Brush Prairie had 0.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Collins
 Fort Collins, COBrush Prairie, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,098$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,528  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,102$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10424573
 Students per Counselor173  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.2%1.5%
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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Reviews for Brush Prairie    3 Reviews

your writeup says 9% income tax, but Washington state does not have income tax. If you work in Oregon, however, you have to pay 9% income tax to that evil  More

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Brush Prairie WA is a little Town Tucked away and actually were in Hockinson which uses Brush Prairie zip code because it doesn't have one of it's own. Housing prices  More

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Over 19 years ago

Rural living within one half hour of Portland  More

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