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Butte-Silver Bow, MT vs Grand Rapids, MN

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- Grand Rapids spends 99.5% more per student than Butte-Silver Bow.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.8% lower in Grand Rapids than in Butte-Silver Bow. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Grand Rapids had 0.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Butte-Silver Bow
 Butte-Silver Bow, MTGrand Rapids, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$25,830$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,891  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,966$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock13164573
 Students per Counselor370  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Butte-Silver Bow    15 Reviews

I think I read the 14 reviews. None of the people were from Butte. You do have to be hardy if you're going to live here. Yes, we're called the Mining City because that's  More

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Over 5 years ago

This is the armpit of Montana. Been here 5 years and Bitten by 1 dog, assulted by 2 dog owners whose dogs came at me aggressively, then the owners, for protecting  More

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Over 6 years ago

I was excited about moving to Butte--I used to visit a lot in college, and fell in love with the history and scenery. Unfortunately, after the first few months in Butte,  More

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Reviews for Grand Rapids    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I have lived in Grand Rapids my entire life. (43 years) I always feel safe here. We don't lock our house when we leave during the day. We only lock it at night. My  More

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Grand Rapids is my hometown being born here in 1961. Here's the long and short of it. I love it in the summer. I hate the winter. Winters are long, gray and hard.   More

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