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Jackson, WY vs Rifle, CO

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Highlights
- Rifle spends 34.4% less per student than Jackson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 41.4% higher in Rifle than in Jackson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rifle had 7.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Jackson
 Jackson, WYRifle, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,757$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,843  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,791$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6014573
 Students per Counselor227  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.54.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Jackson    13 Reviews

I live in Jackson and I can tell you for sure it sucks. I'm currently a student in college so I don't bring in any income but my husband makes about 200,000 a year.....  More

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Over 4 years ago

What a rip-off!!! I had wanted to see Jackson, Wy for many years and found it to be very snooty. The motels were outrageously expensive. The entire city is  More

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Jackson, like so many other wealthy towns, is composed of the wealthy who made their money elsewhere and those who serve them. Those who serve are actually pretty nice  More

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Reviews for Rifle    6 Reviews

I love the Western Slope!! While there are a lot of good things to be said about the Western Slope of Colorado, which Rifle is, there are some concerning things as  More

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Been living in the area for 3 years, Rifle for half of that. The city recently upgraded the water facilities, and the north half of I-70 no longer has the nasty hard  More

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Over 8 years ago

This area has a heroin/meth problem. It doesn't really impact you if you avoid it, but you tend to see a lot of tweakers/beggars/homeless around town. Water is not that  More

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