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Frisco, CO vs Rapid City, SD

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Highlights
- Rapid City spends 41.8% less per student than Frisco.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.8% higher in Rapid City than in Frisco. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rapid City had 5.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Frisco
 Frisco, CORapid City, SDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,333$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,031  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,774$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.67  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10444573
 Students per Counselor282  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree10.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Frisco    2 Reviews

I've lived in the Frisco-Dillon area for almost a year. It's a great area obviously for skiing, hiking, and biking. The scenery is gorgeous, the Summers mild, but the  More

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Frisco is the town we decided to buy a home when we did a tour of the US west in 1985. We lived there full time from 1989 to 1992 and had to move for personal reasons.  More

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Reviews for Rapid City    31 Reviews

I have lived in this city for the last three and half years and I can't stand it!! Let me spell it out for you, but to be fair, let me give you the Pros first:  More

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Unless you made your pension out of state or already bought a home you can't afford to liver there. Rapid City is gray in winter.  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in the city 5 years a loved  More

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