2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fort Collins, CO vs Richmond, IN

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 21.6% less per student than Fort Collins.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.7% lower in Richmond than in Fort Collins. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 10.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Collins
 Fort Collins, CORichmond, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,238$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,528  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,951$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4934573
 Students per Counselor173  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 Richmond    5 Reviews

do you see any changes no and lot of people don't even vote in this poverty retirement town. most of the educated people have left Richmond and Indiana all together. Be  More

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Over 12 years ago

Richmond is an attractive city for the most part, but for its population there is way to much crime. The police seem to worry more about petty issues like driving  More

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Over 14 years ago

Richmond is a great city homes here are very reasonable to buy. We have great parks. And lots of things to do for a town our size. I was born here so were my parents and  More

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