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Boise City, ID vs Boulder, CO

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Highlights
- Boulder spends 74.1% more per student than Boise City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.0% lower in Boulder than in Boise City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boulder had 1.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Boise City

Education
 Boise City, IDBoulder, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,278$16,153$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035$12,130$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,946$6,939$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.8217.1116.23
 Students per Librarian10316194573
 Students per Counselor430213530
 Grade School Educ.1.5%1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.3%1.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.2%96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%10.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.3%3.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.7%76.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.8%25.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%5.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%9.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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Reviews for Boulder    55 Reviews

Outside of the university, Boulder had a very distinctive "wealthy hippy" feel. A lot of alternative medicine and a matching ethos. This is changing some among my  More

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We moved here from Texas about 4 years ago and love it here! The amazing sense of community and high regard for the environment are two of the main reasons we love  More

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Over 4 years ago

Most people do much worse than Boulder. I'm the most critical person I've ever met who is never happy or satisfied -- so that's a pretty huge compliment.   More

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