2025 Compare Cities Education:
Salida, CO vs Parker, CO

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Highlights
- Parker spends 54.4% less per student than Salida.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.5% higher in Parker than in Salida. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Parker had 4.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Salida
 Salida, COParker, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,699$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,225  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,132$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9144573
 Students per Counselor229  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Salida    3 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Salida is a cute small town with the Arkansas river running through. To be so small there's always activities going on  More

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The weather in the summer is wonderful, it will reach the low to mid 90's but there is absolutely no humidity, you can run around all day and not break a sweat. There is  More

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Over 19 years ago

I need info on average monthly temperatures in Salida Also wind speed information compared to springfield,  More

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Reviews for Parker    28 Reviews

I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here over 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small  More

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I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small CITY but  More

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Over 4 years ago

This is my 15th year in Parker, CO. Very nice initially. VERY EXPENSIVE to buy a home now. I rented all this time and despite making over $100,000 per year, cannot  More

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