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Boise City, ID vs Grand Rapids, MI

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Highlights
- Grand Rapids spends 58.1% more per student than Boise City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.6% lower in Grand Rapids than in Boise City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Grand Rapids had 6.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Boise City

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 Boise City, IDGrand Rapids, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,278$14,664$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035$11,296$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,946$6,936$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.821716.23
 Students per Librarian103111244573
 Students per Counselor430681530
 Grade School Educ.1.5%5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.3%6.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.2%88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%20.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.3%7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.7%38.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.8%9.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%1.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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Reviews for Grand Rapids    62 Reviews

I've lived in Grand Rapids about 85% of my life and can confidently say it is a great place to live for anyone. I know countless people who dogged the city, moved  More

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Grand Rapids proper - the small city - is fairly OK. Nothing special stands out about it when judged against the nicer areas of the US, but it has some decent dining and  More

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Wow. “bland Rapids and everyone is Smug, uptight and part of the Christian Reformed Church. “ Someone is accurately describing Grand Rapids in 1985. Much has changed  More

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ZIPS IN BOISE CITY, IDAHO
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