2025 Compare Cities Education:
Helena, MT vs Papillion, NE

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Highlights
- Papillion spends 3.7% less per student than Helena.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.2% higher in Papillion than in Helena. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Papillion had 1.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Helena
 Helena, MTPapillion, NEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,776$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,469  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,030$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3914573
 Students per Counselor314  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Helena    17 Reviews

I spent 6 months living on a ranch in the Helena valley. This was during the population boom Montana experienced after covid. Helena has some great mountain biking  More

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Over 3 years ago

We transplanted from Southern California 3 years ago and have never looked back! Living in the small unincorporated town of York Montana located in the Helena nation  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived here for 16 years. It is a great place to grow  More

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Reviews for Papillion    6 Reviews

Papillion is a small suburb of Omaha and has low crime, reasonable schools, small town feel (unless you go north into the craziness of Omaha) and is growing by leaps and  More

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I have lived in Papillion Nebraska for twenty years. I live in an older part of town that is annexed and cannot speak to what goes on in the SIDs. I am going to try to  More

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I don't like to be negative. I've lived here for 4 years. At the risk of sounding dramatic (because this city really is), it's possibly the worst place in the great  More

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