2025 Compare Cities Education:
Menomonie, WI vs Wasilla, AK

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- Wasilla spends 22.6% more per student than Menomonie.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.4% higher in Wasilla than in Menomonie. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wasilla had 0.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Menomonie
 Menomonie, WIWasilla, AKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,230$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,064  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,979$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.36  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8124573
 Students per Counselor319  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Menomonie    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Menomonie is a college town so you can rent housing cheap, however the quality of housing is sometimes  More

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Over 19 years ago

We have three great universities and two wonderful technical colleges within a 70 mile  More

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Over 19 years ago

good for gun and bow deer  More

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Reviews for Wasilla    7 Reviews

I've lived in Wasilla for two years so far and I love it. I have no problems with the valley. I live about 10 minutes south of the center of town in Wasilla and bought  More

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Previously lived for many years in Eagle River, Alaska. Moved to Wasilla almost 6 years ago now. The Wasilla cityscape is littered with aging strip malls and  More

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The main reason I’m commenting is to point out a glaring error in this website’s data. School funding is not $5,700 per year as this site reports. It is likely double  More

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