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Pocatello, ID vs Boise City, ID

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Highlights
- Boise City spends 15.0% more per student than Pocatello.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.1% lower in Boise City than in Pocatello. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boise City had 2.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Pocatello

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 Pocatello, IDBoise City, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$8,071$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,478$8,035$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,747$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.1817.8216.23
 Students per Librarian88310314573
 Students per Counselor455430530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%1.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%3.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.1%95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.5%22.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.2%8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.9%43.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.8%10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%2.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.8%2.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Pocatello    19 Reviews

I’ve read so many positives. I’d be moving as a senior, probably into a senior community. My two questions 1) summer fires. How bad is the smoke, and are there parts of  More

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I don't have a review. I actually have some questions. I read about the low cost of living in Pocatello. I am on disability and have an income of 952.00 a month. Is  More

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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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ZIPS IN POCATELLO, IDAHO
83201 83204 83209
ZIPS IN BOISE CITY, IDAHO
83709 83704 83706 83713 83705 83702 83716 83703 83712

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