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Kentwood, MI vs Boise City, ID

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Highlights
- Boise City spends 36.7% less per student than Kentwood.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.8% higher in Boise City than in Kentwood. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boise City had 5.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Kentwood
 Kentwood, MIBoise City, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,296  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor681  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Kentwood    4 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Love the city, hate the climate. Tough to find a job  More

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cold, freezing winters. however, if you like 4 seasons this is the place to  More

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Over 17 years ago

My husband and I moved to Kentwood after living in West Michigan for 7yrs. through our college years. While we found the cities closer to the coast more conservative  More

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Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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