2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fort Collins, CO vs Plainsboro, NJ

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Highlights
- Plainsboro spends 53.1% more per student than Fort Collins.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.1% lower in Plainsboro than in Fort Collins. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Plainsboro had 1.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Collins
 Fort Collins, COPlainsboro, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,959$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,528  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,585$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14524573
 Students per Counselor173  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock32.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.9%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 Plainsboro    3 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

My wife Rosanne and I have lived in Plainsboro for nearly 30 years. We have raised our three children here. WE LOVE IT!!! The schools are great, the community is  More

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We've lived in several different parts of the country, and when we found out we were moving to NJ due to my husband's new job, we bought into the stereotype and thought,  More

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Over 17 years ago

Plainsboro is clean, safe and quiet with excellent schools, affordable housing and good jobs  More

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