2025 Compare Cities Education:
Boise City, ID vs St. Louis, MO

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- St. Louis spends 64.8% more per student than Boise City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.5% lower in St. Louis than in Boise City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- St. Louis had 6.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Boise City
 Boise City, IDSt. Louis, MOUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,291$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,062$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock36374573
 Students per Counselor430  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%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 St. Louis    113 Reviews

I'm 65 and lived here my entire life. Growing up in St. Louis I've learned there is a like to like about it. Lots of first class Hospitals and Doctors, LOTS of great  More

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This is an outsider's perspective on St. Louis. Sometimes a fresh perspective looking in from the outside is helpful. I don't live there as of this writing (Dec 22) but  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have travelled extensively and have lived in several other cities around the country. I chose to live in St. Louis city because it has many big city amenities with an  More

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