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Fort Collins, CO vs Lake Arrowhead, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Arrowhead spends 2.3% more per student than Fort Collins.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.2% higher in Lake Arrowhead than in Fort Collins. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Arrowhead had 3.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Collins
 Fort Collins, COLake Arrowhead, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,673$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,528  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,933$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock131664573
 Students per Counselor173  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.7%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 Lake Arrowhead    3 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Even though there are a huge number of homes on the market, there are still new homes being built and more and more vacant homes. The new homes don't necessarily have  More

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Over 11 years ago

Since the housing prices have declined so much in the area (we bought our home in 2006, now in 2014 we have lost $100,000 in value) I have noticed the crime rate is  More

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Over 17 years ago

The Lake Arrowhead Architectual Committee known as AWAC will make all decisions as to the color of your home. Brown and green appear to be the favorite of AWAC.  More

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