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Lead, SD vs Medicine Bow, WY

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Highlights
- Medicine Bow spends 89.9% more per student than Lead.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.9% lower in Medicine Bow than in Lead. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Medicine Bow had 7.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lead
 Lead, SDMedicine Bow, WYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,310$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,435  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,456$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.8  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2044573
 Students per Counselor323  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Lead    1 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Ok, this was a favorite place of mine too. Little Lead, SD - what a gem! I had an apartment here so was able to find good housing. I was still having "church  More

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Reviews for Medicine Bow    1 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

wanting to move to wyoming and looking at a ranch in medicine bow how is medicine bow is to live  More

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