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Fountain, CO vs Denver, CO

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Highlights
- Denver spends 31.7% more per student than Fountain.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.7% lower in Denver than in Fountain. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Denver had 5.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fountain

Education
 Fountain, CODenver, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,529$16,503$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,295$12,519$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,663$6,000$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.0614.916.23
 Students per Librarian62120954573
 Students per Counselor274411530
 Grade School Educ.2.3%4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%5.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.0%90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.30.6%16.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.12.2%5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.7%52.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.0%13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%4.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.9%2.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Fountain    4 Reviews

Junky, Trashy, Transient, Rental Town, with no infrastructure or proactive government. Take exit 128 off I-25 and Drive around to see for yourself. Especially Old  More

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After living in 3 states and in Denver,Springs and Pueblo(within CO), I find Fountain to be a quiet, safe and cost effective place to live. It has moderate temps and  More

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Over 15 years ago

Fountain is a great place to live. Housing is affordable and not segregated (all the condo's not in one part of town and all of the big homes in another). The city  More

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Reviews for Denver    470 Reviews

During my 25 years in Denver, I’ve witnessed trends found in other metro areas: homeless camps, panhandlers, worsening traffic, increased crime and rapidly appreciating  More

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I've lived in the Denver area for about eight years now. Moved here for college planning to get out as soon as I was done with college, and predictably got stuck  More

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I've lived in the city since I was born (1998) and I just was ready to get out. I'm a Denver native and I am ashamed of my city. I moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  More

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ZIPS IN FOUNTAIN, COLORADO
80817 80928
ZIPS IN DENVER, COLORADO
80219, 80239, 80123, 80231, 80210, 80220, 80211, 80204, 80205, 80249, 32 total

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