2025 Compare Cities Education:
Minneapolis, MN vs Ellijay, GA

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Highlights
- Ellijay spends 33.1% less per student than Minneapolis.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.4% lower in Ellijay than in Minneapolis. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ellijay had 15.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Minneapolis
 Minneapolis, MNEllijay, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,919$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,406  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,085$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.07  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6884573
 Students per Counselor533  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock76.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Minneapolis    163 Reviews

Lived here since 2007. Great city. I would’ve gave it 5 stars but the winter weather ??. Great for many, I’m burned out on it. We’re the coldest major city in the US and  More

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It’s not Minnesota nice, it’s sardonic.. we know you’re full of **** but we will play along for a while, make you uncomfortable for attempting to pull one over on us..  More

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Over 4 years ago

I lived in Minneapolis (or St. Paul or Stillwater) for 20 years. Minneapolis is a very livable city. It has quality museums, good transportation, excellent healthcare,  More

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Reviews for Ellijay    5 Reviews

I retired after 35 years offshore from Commercial Fishing the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and Atlantic in 2009. Moved to Woodstock GA to assist my father in his latter  More

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I have lived here for over 22 years. Moved up from West Palm Beach, lived in Detroit and Chicago. The people here are peaceful and would do anything for you if you  More

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Over 7 years ago

I went to look at land in Ellijay today and notice i did not see not one person that look like me I must admit this my be stupid of me to say but my family and I was  More

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