2025 Compare Cities Education:
Wheatland, WY vs Montrose, CO

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Highlights
- Montrose spends 45.8% less per student than Wheatland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 83.4% higher in Montrose than in Wheatland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Montrose had 0.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Wheatland
 Wheatland, WYMontrose, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,020$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,506  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,976$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio9.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5624573
 Students per Counselor235  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Wheatland    1 Reviews

Pros: The town is cute, the downtown feels like a Hallmark movie and surprisingly there are quite a few shops for the population size. You can see the mountains on the  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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