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Fort Collins, CO vs Grand Rapids, MN

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Highlights
- Grand Rapids spends 80.1% more per student than Fort Collins.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.0% lower in Grand Rapids than in Fort Collins. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Grand Rapids had 2.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Collins
 Fort Collins, COGrand Rapids, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$25,830$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,528  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,966$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock13164573
 Students per Counselor173  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%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 Grand Rapids    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I have lived in Grand Rapids my entire life. (43 years) I always feel safe here. We don't lock our house when we leave during the day. We only lock it at night. My  More

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Grand Rapids is my hometown being born here in 1961. Here's the long and short of it. I love it in the summer. I hate the winter. Winters are long, gray and hard.   More

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