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Aberdeen, SD vs Spirit Lake, IA

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Highlights
- Spirit Lake spends 76.1% more per student than Aberdeen.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.0% higher in Spirit Lake than in Aberdeen. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Spirit Lake had 2.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Aberdeen
 Aberdeen, SDSpirit Lake, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,642$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,388  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,657$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.16  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4934573
 Students per Counselor328  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Aberdeen    2 Reviews

I would like to here from someone that lives in aberdeen south dakota. We would like to relocate there. We live in the state of ohio,city is ravenna. We have kids. They  More

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Over 15 years ago

I moved to this town about two years ago. I could say a lot about the ups and downs of Aberdeen. Of the Good, its a very safe laid back community, almost too laid back.   More

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Reviews for Spirit Lake    1 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

We moved from a medium sized city in the West (about 100,000) to Spirit Lake a few years ago. Although it took a little while to get used to living in a small town  More

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