2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bigfork, MT vs Wasilla, AK

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Highlights
- Wasilla spends 11.8% more per student than Bigfork.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.1% higher in Wasilla than in Bigfork. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wasilla had 1.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bigfork
 Bigfork, MTWasilla, AKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,230$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,979$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.83  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8124573
 Students per Counselor337  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Bigfork    5 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Artist village drawing pre-retirement and retirement individuals to the valley surrounded by the Swan Mountain Range. Provides boating on the largest fresh water lake  More

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With the 2008 statistics in from our MLS, now is a good time for a recap of 2008. Though we are not suffering the identical market conditions of the large  More

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With the 2008 statistics in from our MLS, now is a good time for a recap of 2008. Though we are not suffering the identical market conditions of the large  More

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Reviews for Wasilla    7 Reviews

I've lived in Wasilla for two years so far and I love it. I have no problems with the valley. I live about 10 minutes south of the center of town in Wasilla and bought  More

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Previously lived for many years in Eagle River, Alaska. Moved to Wasilla almost 6 years ago now. The Wasilla cityscape is littered with aging strip malls and  More

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The main reason I’m commenting is to point out a glaring error in this website’s data. School funding is not $5,700 per year as this site reports. It is likely double  More

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