2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pittsfield, MA vs Denver, CO

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Highlights
- Denver spends 29.4% less per student than Pittsfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 44.7% higher in Denver than in Pittsfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Denver had 2.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pittsfield
 Pittsfield, MADenver, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,503$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,206  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,000$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock20954573
 Students per Counselor370  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%1.5%
Reviews for Pittsfield    6 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I have grown up in Pittsfield, moved away, and came back. The loss of the GE manufacturing plant in the 80's adversely affected this blue collar city. This is not the  More

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Pittsfield has done nothing to attract any form of business for the 40 of 47 years that I have lived here. The current tax rate is now 3.7% for business property - that  More

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Hello, I was surprised to see Pittsfield, MA, listed as one of the towns with least crime. We've had 4 shootings since the beginning of the year! Where do you get  More

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Reviews for Denver    470 Reviews

During my 25 years in Denver, I’ve witnessed trends found in other metro areas: homeless camps, panhandlers, worsening traffic, increased crime and rapidly appreciating  More

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I've lived in the Denver area for about eight years now. Moved here for college planning to get out as soon as I was done with college, and predictably got stuck  More

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I've lived in the city since I was born (1998) and I just was ready to get out. I'm a Denver native and I am ashamed of my city. I moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  More

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