2025 Compare Cities Education:
Golden Valley, MN vs Mankato, MN

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Highlights
- Mankato spends 26.4% less per student than Golden Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.6% lower in Mankato than in Golden Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mankato had 3.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Golden Valley
 Golden Valley, MNMankato, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,198$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,406  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,208$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.07  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4754573
 Students per Counselor533  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.60.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.0%1.5%
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Mankato, MN is a small community that has some nice features (small concerts, theatre, parks, etc.) but unfortunately every time you turn around there is a new social  More

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It depends on what your view of culture is. For a city of about 60,000 it does have SOME. You need to look to find it. Start at Minnesota State, from national  More

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