2025 Compare Cities Education:
Grand Rapids, MI vs Salida, CO

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Highlights
- Salida spends 89.8% more per student than Grand Rapids.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.7% lower in Salida than in Grand Rapids. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salida had 3.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Grand Rapids
 Grand Rapids, MISalida, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$27,828$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,296  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,780$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5614573
 Students per Counselor681  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Grand Rapids    62 Reviews

I've lived in Grand Rapids about 85% of my life and can confidently say it is a great place to live for anyone. I know countless people who dogged the city, moved  More

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Grand Rapids proper - the small city - is fairly OK. Nothing special stands out about it when judged against the nicer areas of the US, but it has some decent dining and  More

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Wow. “bland Rapids and everyone is Smug, uptight and part of the Christian Reformed Church. “ Someone is accurately describing Grand Rapids in 1985. Much has changed  More

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Reviews for Salida    3 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Salida is a cute small town with the Arkansas river running through. To be so small there's always activities going on  More

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The weather in the summer is wonderful, it will reach the low to mid 90's but there is absolutely no humidity, you can run around all day and not break a sweat. There is  More

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Over 19 years ago

I need info on average monthly temperatures in Salida Also wind speed information compared to springfield,  More

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