2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rio Rancho, NM vs Fruita, CO

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Highlights
- Fruita spends 9.0% more per student than Rio Rancho.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.6% higher in Fruita than in Rio Rancho. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fruita had 2.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rio Rancho
 Rio Rancho, NMFruita, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,132$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,727  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,929$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.16  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6694573
 Students per Counselor705  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Rio Rancho    21 Reviews

I have lived in the area for the past three years with my husband. Although vastly better than Albuquerque, this is not a safe area. We have had overt and petty crime on  More

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The pros: -Fairly good year-round weather. Sunny days outnumber cloudy days, there are days when the temps fall below freezing and the sun will still be shining. It's  More

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Over 5 years ago

Affordable housing, low crime (compared to Albuquerque), awesome weather with all 4 seasons, beautiful environment and some pretty awesome people. I love Rio Rancho,  More

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Reviews for Fruita    3 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

I moved my Family to Fruit in January of 2013---It has been a very good community to live. It is a pedestrian friendly community and we feel very safe. Only one local  More

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My mother, sister and grandparents lived in Mack close to the railroad and stock pens. They say that our grandparents ran a restaurant/bar near their. Said that the  More

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Over 15 years ago

local politics are controlled by larger city (denver) liberal anti American views. We all know what America stands for and what it is supposed to be, and neither the  More

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