2025 Compare Cities Education:
Philadelphia, PA vs Colorado City, CO

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Highlights
- Colorado City spends 59.4% less per student than Philadelphia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.7% higher in Colorado City than in Philadelphia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Colorado City had 9.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Philadelphia
 Philadelphia, PAColorado City, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,500$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,192  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,334$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.04  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7294573
 Students per Counselor408  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock17.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Philadelphia    139 Reviews

Philadelphia is a very walkable and fun city to explore (albeit be aware of where not to explore at least at night). The city has beautiful old architecture , great  More

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I’m originally from New York City, then lived in a small city in upstate New York for eight years, then moved down to Philadelphia and have lived here for many years.  More

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Now the only reason some people disagree is because MONEY. If you live in “manayunk” (which I lived for 2 years) you can’t compare … you can’t compare your out skirt  More

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Reviews for Colorado City    3 Reviews

I’ve lived here for 12 years and it’s amazing. You get lots of snow days and we’ve had 3 in a row so far(yay no school right???) it’s truly beautiful here and the  More

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Over 18 years ago

Nice weather. Middle of may and temps in the mid 70's, rains in the afternoons and cools things  More

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