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Boise City, ID vs Hershey, PA

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Highlights
- Hershey spends 91.2% more per student than Boise City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.1% lower in Hershey than in Boise City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hershey had 7.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Boise City
 Boise City, IDHershey, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,739$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,762$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor430  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%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 Hershey    3 Reviews

Lived her most of my life, with a few years in locations close by. If moving to Central PA, Hershey is by far the best. It is a cute town where you will feel extremely  More

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Over 17 years ago

We moved to Hershey, PA 2 years ago and fell in love with it. It is a quaint town that hosts various community activities throughout the year. The schools are among  More

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Over 19 years ago

We live right next door to Hersheypark and there are many recreational programs within the city for  More

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