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Detroit Lakes, MN vs Fergus Falls, MN

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Highlights
- Fergus Falls spends 30.6% less per student than Detroit Lakes.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.4% higher in Fergus Falls than in Detroit Lakes. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fergus Falls had 0.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Detroit Lakes
 Detroit Lakes, MNFergus Falls, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,627$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,259  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,035$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.72  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6244573
 Students per Counselor506  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock15.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Detroit Lakes    1 Reviews

Over 20 years ago

Detroit lakes in a nice quiet  More

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Reviews for Fergus Falls    4 Reviews

Will · 
Over 5 years ago

Fergus falls is a beautiful, beautiful area and has some of the kindest folk you'll ever meet. It is very relaxed as well, which can be a blessing and a curse depending  More

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We moved to Fergus Falls August 2019. The community is your average community. Nice folks, good neighborhoods. But. The water quality is sub-par. And the city fails to  More

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Over 15 years ago

It is really no big deal, however, I am just going to throw this out there: I am Lord PopSKULL of The Trans-Discordian Sect of TOOtwo BonK. We Worship/Constantly  More

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