2025 Compare Cities Education:
Boise City, ID vs Norman, OK

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Highlights
- Norman spends 1.9% more per student than Boise City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.5% lower in Norman than in Boise City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Norman had 1.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Boise City
 Boise City, IDNorman, OKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,452$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,168$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4234573
 Students per Counselor430  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.5%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 Norman    10 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

I was born here, raised here, and spent most of my formative years here, but plan to leave soon. The schools are good, the healthcare is okay, and there is very little  More

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I originally came to live in Langston, OK because I had lost my job in Sanford, Florida. I had lived in Florida all of my life (45 years) until coming to Oklahoma. I was  More

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Over 12 years ago

When I came to college in Norman in 1967, after a childhood spent on miliary bases, I saw the leafy neighborhoods and the truly beautiful OU campus and I thought it was  More

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