2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fort Garland, CO vs Salida, CO

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Highlights
- Salida spends 22.6% more per student than Fort Garland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.8% higher in Salida than in Fort Garland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salida had 21.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Garland
 Fort Garland, COSalida, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$27,828$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,625  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,780$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.19  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5614573
 Students per Counselor405  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.32.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.1.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Fort Garland    1 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

My guy friend and I are looking for a beautiful place to buy land for our retirement.We have lived in Colorado for a long time and yet had never explored the Fort  More

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Reviews for Salida    3 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Salida is a cute small town with the Arkansas river running through. To be so small there's always activities going on  More

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The weather in the summer is wonderful, it will reach the low to mid 90's but there is absolutely no humidity, you can run around all day and not break a sweat. There is  More

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Over 19 years ago

I need info on average monthly temperatures in Salida Also wind speed information compared to springfield,  More

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