2025 Compare Cities Education:
Portales, NM vs Fort Collins, CO

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Highlights
- Fort Collins spends 7.1% more per student than Portales.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.8% higher in Fort Collins than in Portales. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Collins had 14.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Portales
 Portales, NMFort Collins, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,339$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,347  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,338$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.51  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4844573
 Students per Counselor322  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.8%1.5%
Reviews for Portales    10 Reviews

In a single sentence, this is a town that is slowly dying in the desert- and nobody here cares. Why- because the people who run this town were born in the 1940's or  More

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Over 6 years ago

I love portales new.Mexico they have nice people I like boys cute boys that the high school  More

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If you like boring, low wages, and high unemployment for mediocre jobs, and ultra-conservatism then this is the place for you.  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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