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Boise City, ID vs Great Falls, MT

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Highlights
- Great Falls spends 48.6% more per student than Boise City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.5% lower in Great Falls than in Boise City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Great Falls had 2.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Boise City
 Boise City, IDGreat Falls, MTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,789$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,260$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3844573
 Students per Counselor430  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
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 Great Falls    22 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I grew up here. The lack of educational opportunities and adequate work opportunities made it extremely difficult to thrive. Upon leaving to the nearest metropolitan  More

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Please do not move to Great Falls if you are a liberal. Don't make a great red place go blue and ruin one of the last best unspoiled country places not yet destroyed by  More

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Over 4 years ago

I lived in Great Falls from 2012-2015 and could not leave fast enough! We lived near the downtown area (which you think would be nice with a $1200/month rent...) where  More

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