2024 Compare Cities Education:
Wallace, ID vs Fountain, CO

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Highlights
- Fountain spends 0.9% more per student than Wallace.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.3% higher in Fountain than in Wallace. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fountain had 3.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Wallace
 Wallace, IDFountain, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,419$12,529$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,953$10,295$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,639$5,663$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.4717.0616.23
 Students per Librarian8506214573
 Students per Counselor484274530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%2.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.0%95.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.0%30.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.4%12.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.1%30.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.2.7%7.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%0.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.6%0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Wallace    3 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Great small town. Historic and beautiful and wedged between mountains and green trees. Great little commercial district that includes the famous Red Light Garage and  More

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Over 15 years ago

We have a an annual retreat in Wallace each year. Always a great time. Very unpretentious and extremely affordable. With out doubt the best snow we've experienced. The  More

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Over 18 years ago

Wallace was the stand-in for the mythical town of Dante's Peak in the Pierce Brosnan film of the same name, about a Pacific Northwest town obliterated by a volcanic  More

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Reviews for Fountain    4 Reviews

Junky, Trashy, Transient, Rental Town, with no infrastructure or proactive government. Take exit 128 off I-25 and Drive around to see for yourself. Especially Old  More

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After living in 3 states and in Denver,Springs and Pueblo(within CO), I find Fountain to be a quiet, safe and cost effective place to live. It has moderate temps and  More

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Over 15 years ago

Fountain is a great place to live. Housing is affordable and not segregated (all the condo's not in one part of town and all of the big homes in another). The city  More

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