2025 Compare Cities Education:
Maple Grove, MN vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 7.2% less per student than Maple Grove.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.2% lower in Columbia than in Maple Grove. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 2.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Maple Grove
 Maple Grove, MNColumbia, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,406  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.07  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor533  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.54.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.7%1.5%
Reviews for Maple Grove    5 Reviews

I'm going to make my review very short I know it's going to sound a little long but I just love Brooklyn Park and I have to express my feelings about it. I grew up in  More

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Maple Grove is a great place to live and raise a family. We have been here since 2002 and have really enjoyed living here. Crime is low, schools are relatively good,  More

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Over 15 years ago

lived in Maple grove for 10 year. We rarely even need to lock our  More

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Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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