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Rifle, CO vs Montrose, CO

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Highlights
- Montrose spends 12.6% less per student than Rifle.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.8% higher in Montrose than in Rifle. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Montrose had 0.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rifle
 Rifle, COMontrose, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,020$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,834  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,976$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5624573
 Students per Counselor214  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%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 Montrose    23 Reviews

I've lived in the area for 4 yrs. First 2 in Ridgway. The positive is the City is growing which is bringing interesting development & tax revenue. The Montrose  More

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I was born in Montrose about 50 years ago and despite moving to Telluride, Denver, Ann Arbor, San Francisco and Chicago, I can’t find another place that makes me feel  More

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Okay so here’s the end all be all. If I could give this town a zero I would I came to visit my girlfriend from Denver and I considered moving out here despite being a  More

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