2024 Compare Cities Education:
Fort Collins, CO vs Grass Valley, CA

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Highlights
- Grass Valley spends 55.2% more per student than Fort Collins.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.2% higher in Grass Valley than in Fort Collins. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Grass Valley had 4.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Collins
 Fort Collins, COGrass Valley, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,339$22,261$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,528$14,261$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,338$8,309$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.4618.9716.23
 Students per Librarian48484024573
 Students per Counselor173433530
 Grade School Educ.1.0%1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.0%92.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.3%33.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.6%8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.6%27.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.17.5%8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.8%1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Fort Collins    71 Reviews

Over 2 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 3 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 Grass Valley    15 Reviews

I've lived many places in California. I've now lived in Grass Valley for 2 years. Grass Valley and it's sister Nevada City are adorable little towns full of history and  More

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Grass valley has become a sad place to live. I was born and raised here and can no longer afford to raise my small family here. Look up the median annual wage and the  More

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I'm 25 years old and I've lived in this town all of my life, and I'm saving every single dollar I make to leave here and never come back. It's a shame, because at one  More

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