2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fort Collins, CO vs Gulf Shores, AL

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Highlights
- Gulf Shores spends 9.4% less per student than Fort Collins.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.7% higher in Gulf Shores than in Fort Collins. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gulf Shores had 1.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Collins
 Fort Collins, COGulf Shores, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,984$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,528  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,183$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6014573
 Students per Counselor173  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%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 Gulf Shores    6 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Owned a place there for 20 years and spend a few weeks each season there. Heading back in a few weeks! Lows: Spotty internet for work. Saturday traffic. Hurricanes.  More

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I know that there are a few people out there that would just as soon throw rotten tomatoes at me for saying what I’m about to say, but I hate, hate, HATE living in Gulf  More

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Over 14 years ago

Gulf Shores offers many sunny days, compared to the rest of Baldwin County.  More

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