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Boulder, CO vs Boise City, ID

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Highlights
- Boise City spends 42.6% less per student than Boulder.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.1% higher in Boise City than in Boulder. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boise City had 1.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Boulder
 Boulder, COBoise City, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,130  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.11  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor213  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
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 5 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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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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