2025 Compare Cities Education:
Minneapolis, MN vs Yankton, SD

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Highlights
- Yankton spends 49.2% less per student than Minneapolis.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.4% higher in Yankton than in Minneapolis. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Yankton had 1.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Minneapolis
 Minneapolis, MNYankton, SDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,814$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,406  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,235$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.07  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock33084573
 Students per Counselor533  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Yankton    4 Reviews

Ive lived hered here over 30 years. Its gone down in many ways. Mall is no longer a mall. We have a sign up on it after huge renovations, still open yankton village. Too  More

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My family and I have been here since November of 2020. Covid-19 has really made everything challenging, but so far we love the town. The recreation here is 5 stars. The  More

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Over 16 years ago

The quality of life in Yankton is fantastic, it has been a wonderful place to live and raise my  More

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