2026 Compare Cities Education:
Queen Creek, AZ vs Fort Collins, CO

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Highlights
- Fort Collins spends 35.7% more per student than Queen Creek.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.8% lower in Fort Collins than in Queen Creek. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Collins had 0.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Queen Creek
 Queen Creek, AZFort Collins, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,339$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,338$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4844573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.8%1.5%
Reviews for Queen Creek    14 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I am curious. My family and I reside in Alaska full time, but decided to try renting a winter home in the town of Maricopa. We were shocked as to how expensive the  More

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Over 11 years ago

I have been in Queen Creek for almost 10 years. It's probably one of the cleanest communities I have lived in. After living in Miami/ Ft. Lauderdale, Denver, Atlanta  More

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I have been in Queen Creek for almost 10 years. It's probably one of the cleanest communities I have ever lived in. After living in Miami/ Ft. Lauderdale, Denver,  More

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Reviews for Fort Collins    71 Reviews

Over 4 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 5 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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