2025 Compare Cities Education:
Elko, NV vs Watertown, SD

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Highlights
- Watertown spends 21.1% less per student than Elko.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.0% lower in Watertown than in Elko. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Watertown had 6.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Elko
 Elko, NVWatertown, SDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,458$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,499  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,681$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.16  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock13404573
 Students per Counselor587  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 16 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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Reviews for Watertown    5 Reviews

Let me start by saying that I've lived all over the US and spent 3 years in Watertown. On the positive side, Watertown has a lot to offer for a town of 22,000 people.   More

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Many lakes with in driving distances and many public hunting areas but if your looking for the night life its not here this is a small town  More

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Watertown in general has alot of old people, if your in Downtown and watch cars go by it seems as though every other car has a elderly person in it. But apart from all  More

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