2025 Compare Cities Education:
Grand Junction, CO vs Friday Harbor, WA

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Highlights
- Friday Harbor spends 28.3% more per student than Grand Junction.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.2% lower in Friday Harbor than in Grand Junction. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Friday Harbor had 3.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Grand Junction
 Grand Junction, COFriday Harbor, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,407$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,210  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,396$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.31  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock17704573
 Students per Counselor250  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Grand Junction    54 Reviews

Grand Junction is another one of those fast growing places due to its cheaper than average cost of living. However with each passing year, that once $600 a month one  More

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I’ve lived in Grand Junction for 18 years, but have been coming here (girlfriend, wife, family) since 1992. I think the biggest change or challenge for long time locals,  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in Grand Junction for 14 months and it is a nice area, but very expensive to live. There is an ongoing housing crisis due to poor city planning and it has  More

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Reviews for Friday Harbor    2 Reviews

Beautiful place to retire and live, but a very expensive area to buy property and maintain. Services are limited and labor is in big shortage. So be prepared to pay up  More

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I lived on the Island for a couple of the winter months in 2007. I house sat a beautiful home on acreage with a view of the water. The Island is very quiet during the  More

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