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Fort Collins, CO vs Taylor, TX

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Highlights
- Taylor spends 12.0% less per student than Fort Collins.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.9% lower in Taylor than in Fort Collins. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Taylor had 17.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Collins
 Fort Collins, COTaylor, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,613$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,528  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,560$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10934573
 Students per Counselor173  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%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 Taylor    8 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Recently moved to Dallas and am missing the small town feel of Taylor. There's been a ton of growth in the past few years. Lots of new houses being built and jobs coming  More

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Over 10 years ago

Hopeful  More

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Over 12 years ago

crosby is the best place i lived in a ong time to bad im not there any more the people in crosby are so nice there isnt a place i would go besides crosby and if any of  More

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