2025 Compare Cities Education:
Mount Shasta, CA vs Aspen, CO

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Highlights
- Aspen spends 69.7% more per student than Mount Shasta.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.0% lower in Aspen than in Mount Shasta. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Aspen had 1.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Mount Shasta
 Mount Shasta, CAAspen, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$25,214$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,777  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,870$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.68  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5334573
 Students per Counselor600  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.36.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Mount Shasta    2 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I have lived here for 4 years. Though I love the beauty of the mountain and the surrounding wilderness, I find Mount Shasta very difficult to live in. Food is about 20%  More

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I have lived in Siskiyou County for 24 years and Mount Shasta is by far the most enjoyable place I have lived thus far. It is a very tolerant community and culturally  More

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Reviews for Aspen    6 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

I've been living in valley for 6 years. I've moved here from right before crisis. It's good place to make money for young people, yeah..it still is. Though when I  More

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Over 12 years ago

beautiful cold and dry weather. Colorful  More

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In Winter the grocery store closest to the ski lifts is so packed full of people it is really difficult to move through the store, especially if you have a cart. It  More

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