2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lander, WY vs Colorado City, CO

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Highlights
- Colorado City spends 56.9% less per student than Lander.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 50.3% higher in Colorado City than in Lander. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Colorado City had 0.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lander
 Lander, WYColorado City, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,500$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,200  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,334$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.98  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7294573
 Students per Counselor245  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock17.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Lander    10 Reviews

I lived in Florida for 21 years and decided to get a life and moved to Lander, Wyoming. For me, this place is exactly what I’d been wanting. I don’t like the crowds and  More

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Over 4 years ago

Lander, WY, is noisy. First responder agencies in town run sirens on almost every call. Multiple tornado sirens around town are used to notify firefighters of fire  More

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Have lived and worked full time here for past 3.5 yrs, in WY for 18. It is a beautiful area to visit for outdoor recreation--hiking, climbing, mtn biking, xc skiing,  More

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Reviews for Colorado City    3 Reviews

I’ve lived here for 12 years and it’s amazing. You get lots of snow days and we’ve had 3 in a row so far(yay no school right???) it’s truly beautiful here and the  More

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Translation Excellence Inc is a full service language agency providing translation, interpretation, interpretation equipment, and language  More

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Over 18 years ago

Nice weather. Middle of may and temps in the mid 70's, rains in the afternoons and cools things  More

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