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Bismarck, ND vs Valley City, ND

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Highlights
- Valley City spends 3.9% less per student than Bismarck.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.0% lower in Valley City than in Bismarck. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Valley City had 0.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bismarck

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 Bismarck, NDValley City, NDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,927$14,351$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,453$12,010$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,131$7,283$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.114.216.23
 Students per Librarian3802314573
 Students per Counselor329166530
 Grade School Educ.2.4%3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.0%2.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.6%94.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%18.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.14.6%14.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.5%29.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.0%4.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%1.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.0%1.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Bismarck    14 Reviews

I have lived in many places throughout the U.S. I came here with my job and can't wait to leave. This city may be right for some people, but it's definitely not for  More

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I have lived in a small town about 45 minutes away from Bismarck and then moved to University of Mary 5 years ago and have lived in Bismarck ever since. I am still at  More

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Over 8 years ago

What is fun about Bismarck much anything around to go too ? such as lakes parks good fishing and other things resorts and casinos  More

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Reviews for Valley City    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

We lived in Valley City for more than 2 years and found it to be a nice place. The only exception is the presence of a small but vocal anti-government group in the  More

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We have bitter cold winters here! Last winter when it finally got up to -12 degrees everybody was sitting out in the sun in short sleeves on their  More

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Over 15 years ago

I have only lived in Valley City, ND for 5 months so I have only seen the fall, which was very pretty, and the winter, which is very cold. It surprised me how much snow  More

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ZIPS IN BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA
58503 58501 58504 58505
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58072

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