2025 Compare Cities Education:
Louisville, CO vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 10.9% more per student than Louisville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.3% lower in Columbia than in Louisville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 2.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Louisville
 Louisville, COColumbia, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,130  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.11  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor213  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.67.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.7%1.5%
Reviews for Louisville    3 Reviews

Louisville, CO has been a tremendous place for our family (2 kids, 9 and 12) to live. Small town living/values with nearly no crime, good locally owned  More

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I've lived in Louisville, Colo. for 11 years [and in the Front Range area, off & on, for more than 33 yrs.]. In my opinion, Louisville is scarcely affordable for  More

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Over 19 years ago

Louisville is a great place to live, it was rated in Money magazine has one of the best places, low crime, high education, community value, sense of pride. Home prices  More

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Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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