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Fountain, CO vs Lake Charles, LA

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Highlights
- Lake Charles spends 18.5% more per student than Fountain.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.3% lower in Lake Charles than in Fountain. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Charles had 6.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fountain
 Fountain, COLake Charles, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,842$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,295  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,289$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4524573
 Students per Counselor274  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.30.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
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 16 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 Lake Charles    34 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I’ve lived in the city for years and it’s great, you should really check it  More

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Over 4 years ago

Lake Charles, Louisiana is one of the absolute creepiest cities in the USA. The people feel dead inside. They also seem to secretly hate each other. It is also an  More

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Beware reader, the city of Lake Charles is an absolute sh*thole. If you are traveling through I-10 you might want to skip this place. This place is the very worst of the  More

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