2025 Compare Cities Education:
Huron, SD vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 44.4% more per student than Huron.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.2% lower in Columbia than in Huron. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 14.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Huron
 Huron, SDColumbia, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,017  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor402  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.7%1.5%
Reviews for Huron    2 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Good  More

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Over 19 years ago

i've lived here my whole life and the crime rate is much lower than they said..in the newspaper are listings of police calls and sometimes there are thefts but i've  More

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Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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