2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rifle, CO vs Bend, OR

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Highlights
- Bend spends 15.7% more per student than Rifle.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.7% higher in Bend than in Rifle. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bend had 9.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rifle
 Rifle, COBend, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,919$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,834  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,451$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6024573
 Students per Counselor214  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%1.5%
Reviews for Rifle    6 Reviews

I love the Western Slope!! While there are a lot of good things to be said about the Western Slope of Colorado, which Rifle is, there are some concerning things as  More

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Been living in the area for 3 years, Rifle for half of that. The city recently upgraded the water facilities, and the north half of I-70 no longer has the nasty hard  More

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Over 8 years ago

This area has a heroin/meth problem. It doesn't really impact you if you avoid it, but you tend to see a lot of tweakers/beggars/homeless around town. Water is not that  More

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Reviews for Bend    100 Reviews

I have visited Bend for many years and moved here last year with my family. Every person that complains about Bend does not understand how economics works. The main  More

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Over 4 years ago

When I moved to Bend it was a charming small city of about 50,000 people. The population has now more than doubled and the once clean, quiet community is a noisy, dirty,  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in Bend for 10 years now. I'm originally from a poorer town in CA with the same population as Bend. Here are my pros and cons of living in Bend. Pros: -  More

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