2025 Compare Cities Education:
Paducah, KY vs Fort Collins, CO

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Highlights
- Fort Collins spends 2.5% more per student than Paducah.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.8% higher in Fort Collins than in Paducah. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Collins had 6.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Paducah
 Paducah, KYFort Collins, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,339$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,673  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,338$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.71  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4844573
 Students per Counselor343  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.8%1.5%
Reviews for Paducah    16 Reviews

Joel · 

I have visited it the 1st time and thought it was a rundown ghetto but the 2nd time I loved  More

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Over 5 years ago

The downtown area is fun and the murals on the floodwall provide an interesting history of the  More

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Over 11 years ago

Move here six years ago, and was very optimistic. I love meeting new people and adventure. Me my husband and two kids moved here from Louisville are. This place is like  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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