2025 Compare Cities Education:
Battle Creek, MI vs Rapid City, SD

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Highlights
- Rapid City spends 21.5% less per student than Battle Creek.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.3% lower in Rapid City than in Battle Creek. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rapid City had 5.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Battle Creek
 Battle Creek, MIRapid City, SDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,333$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,533  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,774$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.34  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10444573
 Students per Counselor542  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Battle Creek    11 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

you need to really pay attention to the neighborhood you select. There are some great older neighborhoods with fantastic houses in the city, but those might only be one  More

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Over 13 years ago

Battle Creek is moderately ok in the summer months but any other time it is cold or cloudy and unpleasant. You better have warm clothes to survive the cold winter that  More

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Over 16 years ago

Battle Creek is a great place to raise a family. Sometimes hard to get people to move here but once here nobody wants to leave. Summers are absolutely beautiful. Yes  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 4 years ago

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

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