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Sioux Falls, SD vs Bloomington, MN

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Highlights
- Bloomington spends 57.2% more per student than Sioux Falls.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.4% higher in Bloomington than in Sioux Falls. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bloomington had 0.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sioux Falls

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 Sioux Falls, SDBloomington, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,280$19,300$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,276$14,406$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,595$9,461$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.3916.0716.23
 Students per Librarian24907534573
 Students per Counselor359533530
 Grade School Educ.2.8%4.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%3.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.3%93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%19.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.12.2%11.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.0%43.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.3%10.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%1.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.0%1.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Sioux Falls    56 Reviews

I've lived in Sioux Falls for 2 years. I've found it to be a good place to live. The city is not too big, and has an thriving economy. Traffic is not bad, but as the  More

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Sioux Falls isn’t as bad as people make it out to be. I’ve lived here for 2 years and my experience has been pleasant. Sioux Falls is a decent sized city, not too big or  More

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Over 3 years ago

Lived on both sides of the city (it's split up by east side and west side by the locals and they're kinda in competition with each other). I've been here for 3 years and  More

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Reviews for Bloomington    3 Reviews

the cost of living is outrageous and the climate is one of the worst in the U.S. people are rude and traffic is  More

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bloomington is a comfortalble subarb, but their are huge diffrances between the east and west sides of town for example; shanty's ,housing thiry family members in a two  More

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Over 17 years ago

With the light rail and bus system, it's very easy to get around Bloomington as well as travel downtown. Still most people drive, however. If you want your older kids  More

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ZIPS IN SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
57106 57103 57104 57105 57108 57110 57107 57197 57117
ZIPS IN BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA
55420 55431 55437 55438 55425

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