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Jamestown, NY vs Rapid City, SD

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Highlights
- Rapid City spends 59.4% less per student than Jamestown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 41.2% higher in Rapid City than in Jamestown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rapid City had 10.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Jamestown
 Jamestown, NYRapid City, SDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,333$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,759  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,774$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.72  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10444573
 Students per Counselor290  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Jamestown    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

I have lived all over this country and can say that Jamestown is a lovely old city. It has some problems common to small, rural cities in the northeast - lack of job  More

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Over 18 years ago

We have been out West several times and find that we like the wide open spaces. Here in New York the foothills are to close and not enough open  More

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Reviews for Rapid City    31 Reviews

I have lived in this city for the last three and half years and I can't stand it!! Let me spell it out for you, but to be fair, let me give you the Pros first:  More

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Unless you made your pension out of state or already bought a home you can't afford to liver there. Rapid City is gray in winter.  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in the city 5 years a loved  More

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