2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lander, WY vs Fruita, CO

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Highlights
- Fruita spends 37.8% less per student than Lander.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.1% higher in Fruita than in Lander. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fruita had 1.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lander
 Lander, WYFruita, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,132$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,200  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,929$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.98  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6694573
 Students per Counselor245  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%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 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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