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Fort Collins, CO vs Mount Airy, NC

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Highlights
- Mount Airy spends 16.6% less per student than Fort Collins.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.4% lower in Mount Airy than in Fort Collins. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mount Airy had 13.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Collins
 Fort Collins, COMount Airy, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,955$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,528  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,201$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8364573
 Students per Counselor173  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Fort Collins    71 Reviews

Over 4 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 5 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 Mount Airy    5 Reviews

I have lived in Mount Airy much of my adult life. I have never liked Mount Airy. Mount Airy is very family-oriented and therefore very cliquish. It is very difficult for  More

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Although the previous comment is almost 5 years old, what was mentioned is pretty true. Crime has worsened, in particular drug activity, with a very active market in  More

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I have been considering moving to Mount Airy. The thing is, when I tried to contact the newspaper classifieds about placing an ad no one replied. Ad when inquired about  More

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