2025 Compare Cities Education:
Minneapolis, MN vs Pine City, MN

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Highlights
- Pine City spends 17.1% less per student than Minneapolis.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.4% lower in Pine City than in Minneapolis. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pine City had 0.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Minneapolis
 Minneapolis, MNPine City, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,003$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,406  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,314$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.07  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10624573
 Students per Counselor533  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock15.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.2%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 Pine City    5 Reviews

"The kind of town people in the area might call “resorty,” but only relative to the rest of East Central Minnesota." --Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Dec. 28, 2020 "Pine  More

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Excluding Minneapolis, St. Paul and the metro areas, Pine City is has the largest concentration of likely same-sex coupled households in Greater Minnesota. Check it  More

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My impression is that Pine City’s economy, by and large, has begun to rebound from the recent recession (2009-2011). Here are some indicators to back up that  More

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