2025 Compare Cities Education:
Grand Rapids, MN vs Idaho Falls, ID

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Highlights
- Idaho Falls spends 70.5% less per student than Grand Rapids.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.1% higher in Idaho Falls than in Grand Rapids. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Idaho Falls had 4.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Grand Rapids
 Grand Rapids, MNIdaho Falls, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,620$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,579  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,212$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.81  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock26464573
 Students per Counselor491  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Grand Rapids    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I have lived in Grand Rapids my entire life. (43 years) I always feel safe here. We don't lock our house when we leave during the day. We only lock it at night. My  More

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Grand Rapids is my hometown being born here in 1961. Here's the long and short of it. I love it in the summer. I hate the winter. Winters are long, gray and hard.   More

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Reviews for Idaho Falls    36 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

After escaping the liberalism in California I moved here with my family and loved the friendly folks, cleanliness, and beautiful views. Some things that I dislike is the  More

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I have lived here for about 17 years. I will admit that I have difficulty with the winter, the wind and the traffic. It seems that the traffic is constantly getting  More

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Anywhere in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Utah are now THEe BEST places to live. There is a reason people are flocking there...to live red, since blue has driven them out  More

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