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Fairfax, VA vs Rapid City, SD

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Highlights
- Rapid City spends 41.2% less per student than Fairfax.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is % in Rapid City than in Fairfax. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rapid City had % residents who had graduated High School compared to Fairfax

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 Fairfax, VARapid City, SDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,573$10,333$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,085$9,859$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$10,083$5,774$7,999
Pupil/Teacher Ratio 15.1416.23

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Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 9 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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Reviews for Rapid City    31 Reviews

I have lived in this city for the last three and half years and I can't stand it!! Let me spell it out for you, but to be fair, let me give you the Pros first:  More

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Unless you made your pension out of state or already bought a home you can't afford to liver there. Rapid City is gray in winter.  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in the city 5 years a loved  More

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ZIPS IN FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA
22030
ZIPS IN RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA
57701 57702

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