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Longmont, CO vs Fort Collins, CO

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Highlights
- Fort Collins spends 11.2% less per student than Longmont.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.8% lower in Fort Collins than in Longmont. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Collins had 5.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Longmont
 Longmont, COFort Collins, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,339$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,130  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,338$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.11  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4844573
 Students per Counselor213  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.8%1.5%
Reviews for Longmont    19 Reviews

I lived here for 4 years and it's pretty nice. It gets cold and stays cold for a good 8 months, but other than that I loved it. There are a lot of amenities. It is  More

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Over 6 years ago

I just move from other state to Longmont. In my opinion Longmont is one of the safest city in US which is have a low crime, its great city to raised family .Has a great  More

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Fantastic place to live. Four golf courses, many parks, 10 minutes to the foothills and 40 minutes from the Rockies, the location is hard to beat if you want to be 45  More

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Reviews for Fort Collins    71 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Moved my family here a few months ago and have been so disappointed. Housing is dismal - you get low quality and almost nothing for what you’re paying. The house we’re  More

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Over 4 years ago

There is a high cost of living in all of Colorado, and there is a train that runs through the town a honks its horn for about 5 min straight which is very annoying  More

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My family established our home in Larimer County in 1973; this area, Fort Collins, was a quaint, western-ish town we loved to visit. So I’ve visited FoCo multiple times  More

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