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Fort Collins, CO vs Troy, AL

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Highlights
- Troy spends 18.6% less per student than Fort Collins.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.5% higher in Troy than in Fort Collins. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Troy had 4.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Collins
 Fort Collins, COTroy, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,675$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,528  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,266$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4274573
 Students per Counselor173  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock2.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%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 Troy    11 Reviews

I love it here. It’s quiet and you shouldn’t go by 13 year old reviews. Everything has improved for the better and I will continue to live here for many years to come.  More

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Biggest mistake of my life was moving to yorT (<—-not a typo) to take a high school teaching position there. Revolving door. I got my family out and to greener  More

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Over 13 years ago

Sadly I was born and raised in Troy Al, and I'm happy to report that I moved away 2 weeks after graduating high school. I still visit family there and growing up I knew  More

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