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Fort Collins, CO vs Shelton, WA

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Highlights
- Shelton spends 21.1% more per student than Fort Collins.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.7% higher in Shelton than in Fort Collins. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Shelton had 16.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Collins
 Fort Collins, COShelton, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,359$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,528  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,428$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock37364573
 Students per Counselor173  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.2%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 Shelton    5 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Lived here 13 years. Air smells like chemicals and gasses not to mention how terrible the pollen is. People are either terribly rude, your friends, or follow you home at  More

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Over 6 years ago

Shelton is a town stuck in the mud. Thats the best way to describe it. People like it that way from what I can tell. It's stuck in time between an old town appearance   More

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Below are the crime statistics on Shelton Wa compared to the national average. Several thing you can count on in Shelton is increase crime, homeless living everywhere  More

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