2025 Compare Cities Education:
Kansas City, KS vs Elk Grove, CA

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Highlights
- Elk Grove spends 16.0% less per student than Kansas City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 64.1% higher in Elk Grove than in Kansas City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Elk Grove had 13.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Kansas City
 Kansas City, KSElk Grove, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,597  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock63214573
 Students per Counselor383  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Kansas City    15 Reviews

Avoid living in Kansas City, KS (Wyandotte Co.) by all means! We made the mistake of moving to this dump. High crime, high unemployment, murders daily, dilapidated  More

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Over 10 years ago

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Over 10 years ago

nice weather if you like changing  More

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Reviews for Elk Grove    15 Reviews

I grew up in the area around Elk Grove and it was a very small rural town up to the year 2000. We moved to ELk grove in 2009 and commuted to work in Sacramento. At  More

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Elk Grove is a very diverse city. A long time ago it use to be very white. Now the white population is about 40%, then next majority race are Asian, then Hispanic,  More

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Over 11 years ago

Our neighborhood is o.k. but it is expensive to live here and the air is oppressive during the summer when it gets hot for a week or more. Days over 95 and nights of 75.  More

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