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Fountain, CO vs Tampa, FL

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Highlights
- Tampa spends 11.4% less per student than Fountain.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.1% higher in Tampa than in Fountain. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tampa had 6.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fountain
 Fountain, COTampa, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,103$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,295  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,009$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10264573
 Students per Counselor274  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.30.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%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 17 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 Tampa    162 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

The people in Tampa are fantastic but the city is a total bore. All events are always in South Tampa and never elsewhere, ie, North Tampa. The north end never  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in small towns before and now for the past 25 years in this large metropolis. It's a very nice city. Lots of jobs, shopping restaurants, churches, Busch  More

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This is my favorite city that I have ever lived in. I am reading all of these terrible reviews for Tampa, but then when I read what people are writing, they are actually  More

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