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Bozeman, MT vs Spirit Lake, ID

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- Spirit Lake spends 41.9% less per student than Bozeman.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.5% higher in Spirit Lake than in Bozeman. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Spirit Lake had 6.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bozeman
 Bozeman, MTSpirit Lake, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,384  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,065$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.33  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10634573
 Students per Counselor309  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.63.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Bozeman    60 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

My family is from the region, two generations back, and I spent both summers and winter holidays there with my grandparents (my parents only moved away in the 1960’s  More

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Over 4 years ago

I will love it more I keep saying they’re  More

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Over 4 years ago

Democrat transplants have turned Bozeman into a fetid rat race. It no longer looks like Montana, nor do the people there act like Montanans. Democrats are turning once  More

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Reviews for Spirit Lake    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

The elevation is about 2600 feet not 5800  More

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Spirit Lake has it's own little micro-climate. In the summer, the mountains block some of the rain that the rest of the area seems to get. In the winter, it is  More

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