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

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Highlights
- Kennesaw spends 28.1% less per student than Minneapolis.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.0% lower in Kennesaw than in Minneapolis. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kennesaw had 3.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Minneapolis
 Minneapolis, MNKennesaw, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,877$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,406  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,686$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.07  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5374573
 Students per Counselor533  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%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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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 Kennesaw    9 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Lived here for 15 years. Lived in Colorado and Missouri also and spent a lot of time in Southern California. I can tell you this place is terrible! Summers are long,  More

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Over 7 years ago

Warm autumn and always something to do no matter what  More

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Kennesaw - Here's a bit of our background to help in your assessment. We moved to GA from southern CA. I've lived in Kennesaw for 8yrs. We are a multicultural family  More

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