2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fruitland, ID vs Palmer, AK

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Highlights
- Palmer spends 77.4% more per student than Fruitland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.1% higher in Palmer than in Fruitland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Palmer had 10.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fruitland
 Fruitland, IDPalmer, AKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,230$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,189  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,979$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8124573
 Students per Counselor579  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Fruitland    2 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

It is a law in every state that in order to live there you need to have the state's driver's license. Fruiltland, is a small community. They have a better school  More

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Payette County, Id., 50 miles West of Boise, has been a somewhat isolated communty. Everyone does know everyone else and if you like privacy this may not be the place  More

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Reviews for Palmer    3 Reviews

The first time I saw Palmer was in 1974. It's grown up from the old days of farm country complete with 4-H clubs, fields of crops and livestock. Gone are most of the  More

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Over 19 years ago

The four months of cold and dark. Winter lasts about 8 months, but the real cold, dark lasts about 4 months. It is getting harder and harder to deal with as I get  More

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Over 19 years ago

I have lived in Palmer for 11 years. I love everything about it except about four months of the dark, cold winters. The people are  More

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