2025 Compare Cities Education:
South Salt Lake, UT vs Denver, CO

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Highlights
- Denver spends 51.0% more per student than South Salt Lake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.0% lower in Denver than in South Salt Lake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Denver had 8.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to South Salt Lake
 South Salt Lake, UTDenver, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,503$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,558  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,000$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock20954573
 Students per Counselor543  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%1.5%
Reviews for South Salt Lake    1 Reviews

I lived in South Salt Lake for a couple years while in school at the U. It's a nice little inner suburb of Salt Lake City, and some areas I would say are even  More

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Reviews for Denver    470 Reviews

During my 25 years in Denver, I’ve witnessed trends found in other metro areas: homeless camps, panhandlers, worsening traffic, increased crime and rapidly appreciating  More

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I've lived in the Denver area for about eight years now. Moved here for college planning to get out as soon as I was done with college, and predictably got stuck  More

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I've lived in the city since I was born (1998) and I just was ready to get out. I'm a Denver native and I am ashamed of my city. I moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  More

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