2025 Compare Cities Education:
Palo Alto, CA vs Fort Collins, CO

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Highlights
- Fort Collins spends 22.1% less per student than Palo Alto.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.8% lower in Fort Collins than in Palo Alto. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Collins had 0.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palo Alto
 Palo Alto, CAFort Collins, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,339$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,338$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4844573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.82.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.8%1.5%
Reviews for Palo Alto    8 Reviews

The Bay Area in general, but Palo Alto specifically provides many of the qualities sought by many; the climate is beautiful, there is access to cultural and recreational  More

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Over 17 years ago

Very  More

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Over 18 years ago

VTA and SamsTrans and Caltrain all provide good service and most times frequency of service is  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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