2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lyons, CO vs Longmont, CO

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Highlights
- Longmont spends 0.0% less per student than Lyons.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.0% lower in Longmont than in Lyons. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Longmont had 6.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lyons
 Lyons, COLongmont, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,153$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,130  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,939$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.11  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6194573
 Students per Counselor213  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.70.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Lyons    5 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

My child attended LMSH from 6th grade through 8th grade.  During that time she was bullied so severely that it has caused severe trauma.  The bullying was  More

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Over 15 years ago

The teachers at both schools (elem and HS) are very good. Although I am disappointed in the district and where they spend their money. Recently the school added more  More

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Lyons has it's circles. It's not very tolerant of those who do not fit the majority  More

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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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