2025 Compare Cities Education:
Mankato, MN vs Topeka, KS

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Highlights
- Topeka spends 4.0% less per student than Mankato.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.4% lower in Topeka than in Mankato. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Topeka had 2.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mankato
 Mankato, MNTopeka, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,626$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,171  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,274$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.49  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4414573
 Students per Counselor408  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Mankato    4 Reviews

Mankato, MN is a small community that has some nice features (small concerts, theatre, parks, etc.) but unfortunately every time you turn around there is a new social  More

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It depends on what your view of culture is. For a city of about 60,000 it does have SOME. You need to look to find it. Start at Minnesota State, from national  More

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Over 13 years ago

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Reviews for Topeka    28 Reviews

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I live in Topeka this town is awful A lot of crime has been happening here. I don't suggest moving here. This town is also dying out it's mostly old people, meth  More

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Over 7 years ago

I lived in Topeka most of my life until moving to Katy, Texas...which is a premiere suburb of Houston. Topeka is genuinely missed as it is a superb community to raise a  More

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