2025 Compare Cities Education:
Garden, KS vs Hastings, NE

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Highlights
- Hastings spends 12.7% more per student than Garden.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.3% higher in Hastings than in Garden. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hastings had 31.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Garden
 Garden, KSHastings, NEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,689$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,625  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,290$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3164573
 Students per Counselor520  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Garden    3 Reviews

I visited Garden City, KS for 3 weeks. As I write this, my glasses are broken, so I hope my touch typing is in shape and this is legible. I found Garden City to be a  More

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Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Low crime rate 2. Low cost of living and housing 3. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. Very poor school system 2. Not much to do 3. Bad weather (too  More

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low to mid range housing in compared to nation. Median home is 130,000 dollars. arid desert environment, temperatures average 70's . great golf courses, clean  More

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Reviews for Hastings    3 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

The City's population is not as big as it says I don't think I don't think it has grown very much at all since the seventies in fact I think it has gotten smaller  More

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Hastings is home to Hastings College, one of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges; the Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History and the Lied Super Screen  More

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Over 19 years ago

Hastings is where Kool-Aid was invented. This small city of 25,000 has several beautiful parks with lakes and streams. Hastings Lake is wonderful to take walk on wide  More

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