2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fruita, CO vs Tucson, AZ

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Highlights
- Tucson spends 28.9% less per student than Fruita.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.1% higher in Tucson than in Fruita. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tucson had 6.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fruita
 Fruita, COTucson, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,756$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,210  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,785$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.31  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14474573
 Students per Counselor250  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Fruita    3 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

I moved my Family to Fruit in January of 2013---It has been a very good community to live. It is a pedestrian friendly community and we feel very safe. Only one local  More

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My mother, sister and grandparents lived in Mack close to the railroad and stock pens. They say that our grandparents ran a restaurant/bar near their. Said that the  More

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Over 15 years ago

local politics are controlled by larger city (denver) liberal anti American views. We all know what America stands for and what it is supposed to be, and neither the  More

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Reviews for Tucson    287 Reviews

My wife and I characterize ourselves as a young couple, well educated, with decent positions and we’re Tucson natives. We’ve observed our quality of life from both a  More

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Over 1 years ago

I was reading the reviews for Tucson, and after living there for 6 years, I feel the need to weigh in. There are many pros in Tucson: access to recreational areas,  More

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I spend considerable time in and around Tucson, and I've see it rapidly going "downhill" since 2020. It's definitely not the nice town I remember from when I was a  More

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