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Inver Grove Heights, MN vs Spirit Lake, IA

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- Spirit Lake spends 14.4% more per student than Inver Grove Heights.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.9% lower in Spirit Lake than in Inver Grove Heights. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Spirit Lake had 0.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Inver Grove Heights
 Inver Grove Heights, MNSpirit Lake, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,642$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,783  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,657$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.83  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4934573
 Students per Counselor573  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
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Over 18 years ago

We moved from a medium sized city in the West (about 100,000) to Spirit Lake a few years ago. Although it took a little while to get used to living in a small town  More

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