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Rifle, CO vs Fort Jones, CA

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Highlights
- Fort Jones spends 8.0% more per student than Rifle.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.5% higher in Fort Jones than in Rifle. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Jones had 4.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rifle
 Rifle, COFort Jones, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,860$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,834  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,059$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock190764573
 Students per Counselor214  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%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 Fort Jones    1 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Fort Jones has a nice art gallery called Marble Rim Gallery. All the art is by local artists. There's lots of paintings, local photographs, cards, gourds, hand crafted  More

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