2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sun Lakes, AZ vs Montrose, CO

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Highlights
- Montrose spends 13.8% more per student than Sun Lakes.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.7% lower in Montrose than in Sun Lakes. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Montrose had 9.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sun Lakes
 Sun Lakes, AZMontrose, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,020$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,976$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5624573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Sun Lakes    7 Reviews

Great place to live very inexpensive HOA great restaurants at half the price of regular house restaurant drinks half price Golf $35 you can’t beat the place and  More

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Over 6 years ago

Wow, this place sucka. Patrol is a joke with senile old men, CCRs not enforced unless you are a whiney loudmouth or on the board. Landscape committee. Cost us thousands  More

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Sun Lakes used to be a nice, quiet 55+ community but in the past few years it has become fallen victim to short term rentals, investors, speculators, house flippers and  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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