2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pagosa Springs, CO vs Fort Collins, CO

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Highlights
- Fort Collins spends 23.1% more per student than Pagosa Springs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.9% higher in Fort Collins than in Pagosa Springs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Collins had 12.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Pagosa Springs
 Pagosa Springs, COFort Collins, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,339$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,175  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,338$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.55  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4844573
 Students per Counselor210  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.8%1.5%
Reviews for Pagosa Springs    12 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Driving in from the Durango airport (If you can ignore the slum area just before town on 160) is a beautiful sight! As pretty as any town in Colorado. (Except for all  More

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Over 7 years ago

First off it’s generally beautiful around here! Tons of things to do..mostly outside things, like you’d expect from a ski/mountain town -hunting, fishing, hiking,  More

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Over 8 years ago

Pagosa is a beautiful mountain town with an abundance of outdoor activities: skiing, fishing, hunting, hiking, and camping. It is also a major tourist area with many  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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