2025 Compare Cities Education:
Elk River, MN vs St. George, UT

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Highlights
- St. George spends 33.8% less per student than Elk River.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.0% higher in St. George than in Elk River. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- St. George had 0.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Elk River
 Elk River, MNSt. George, UTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,768$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,784  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,745$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock20374573
 Students per Counselor636  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Elk River    3 Reviews

The Northstar commuter rail line and the commuter rail station in Elk River (to be completed later in 2009) that will connect Elk River to Minneapolis, and a recent  More

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Over 18 years ago

good place to live and close to the  More

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Over 19 years ago

Small town but growing, nice place to live. Will be getting mass-transit soon, to  More

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Reviews for St. George    75 Reviews

Very low paying jobs. Very few corporate companies you could have a career at. Very expensive housing. Very unaccepting of non mormons. A very lazy city hall that  More

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We recently moved here and this are our thoughts: - Landscape wise no doubts this is one of the most beautiful places we have been - Public spaces are very clean, well  More

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I have lived in St. George for 8 months and love it so far. I agree that there are not a lot of jobs and most have low pay so this may not be a good place if your  More

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