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Ballwin, MO vs Sioux Falls, SD

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- Sioux Falls spends 12.0% less per student than Ballwin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.9% higher in Sioux Falls than in Ballwin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sioux Falls had 4.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ballwin
 Ballwin, MOSioux Falls, SDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,280$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,967  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,595$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock24904573
 Students per Counselor276  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Ballwin    8 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

August gets to 113 degrees with 98 % humidity. When you get out of the shower, you are wet from sweat! My chest whistles trying to get air. There is a January thaw which  More

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I am originally from the city of St. Louis. For the past twenty years, I have resided in west St. Louis county. I live in an established subdivision where the  More

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Over 12 years ago

Summers can be very nice at times, does not usually last for long. Our spring turns hot as summer rolls in and we can have long a stretch of above 90 to peaks of  More

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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 4 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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