2025 Compare Cities Education:
Wasilla, AK vs Rifle, CO

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Highlights
- Rifle spends 9.7% less per student than Wasilla.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.9% lower in Rifle than in Wasilla. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rifle had 7.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Wasilla
 Wasilla, AKRifle, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,757$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,494  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,791$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6014573
 Students per Counselor448  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Wasilla    7 Reviews

I've lived in Wasilla for two years so far and I love it. I have no problems with the valley. I live about 10 minutes south of the center of town in Wasilla and bought  More

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Previously lived for many years in Eagle River, Alaska. Moved to Wasilla almost 6 years ago now. The Wasilla cityscape is littered with aging strip malls and  More

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The main reason I’m commenting is to point out a glaring error in this website’s data. School funding is not $5,700 per year as this site reports. It is likely double  More

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Reviews for Rifle    6 Reviews

I love the Western Slope!! While there are a lot of good things to be said about the Western Slope of Colorado, which Rifle is, there are some concerning things as  More

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Been living in the area for 3 years, Rifle for half of that. The city recently upgraded the water facilities, and the north half of I-70 no longer has the nasty hard  More

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Over 8 years ago

This area has a heroin/meth problem. It doesn't really impact you if you avoid it, but you tend to see a lot of tweakers/beggars/homeless around town. Water is not that  More

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