2025 Compare Cities Education:
Watertown, SD vs Fort Collins, CO

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Highlights
- Fort Collins spends 37.1% more per student than Watertown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.9% higher in Fort Collins than in Watertown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Collins had 7.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Watertown
 Watertown, SDFort Collins, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,339$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,293  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,338$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.25  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4844573
 Students per Counselor387  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.8%1.5%
Reviews for Watertown    5 Reviews

Let me start by saying that I've lived all over the US and spent 3 years in Watertown. On the positive side, Watertown has a lot to offer for a town of 22,000 people.   More

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Many lakes with in driving distances and many public hunting areas but if your looking for the night life its not here this is a small town  More

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Watertown in general has alot of old people, if your in Downtown and watch cars go by it seems as though every other car has a elderly person in it. But apart from all  More

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Reviews for Fort Collins    71 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Moved my family here a few months ago and have been so disappointed. Housing is dismal - you get low quality and almost nothing for what you’re paying. The house we’re  More

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Over 4 years ago

There is a high cost of living in all of Colorado, and there is a train that runs through the town a honks its horn for about 5 min straight which is very annoying  More

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My family established our home in Larimer County in 1973; this area, Fort Collins, was a quaint, western-ish town we loved to visit. So I’ve visited FoCo multiple times  More

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