2025 Compare Cities Education:
Minneapolis, MN vs Hot Springs, AR

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Highlights
- Hot Springs spends 28.0% less per student than Minneapolis.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.3% lower in Hot Springs than in Minneapolis. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hot Springs had 4.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Minneapolis
 Minneapolis, MNHot Springs, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,904$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,406  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,697$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.07  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5354573
 Students per Counselor533  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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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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 Hot Springs    25 Reviews

I haven’t ever fully lived in this place but I can say it has a very calm feel. Very nice.  More

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I have lived here for several years. It has a lot of touristy things to do.But as far as living here there is not enough weekly activities to do or places to go. They  More

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Hot Springs, which obviously gets it's name from the springs discovered by DeSoto and the Indians is a beautiful piece of history. In it's heyday it was frequented by  More

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