2025 Compare Cities Education:
Missoula, MT vs Binghamton, NY

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Highlights
- Binghamton spends 113.2% more per student than Missoula.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.4% lower in Binghamton than in Missoula. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Binghamton had 11.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Missoula
 Missoula, MTBinghamton, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$27,434$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,200  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,765$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock13294573
 Students per Counselor296  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Missoula    48 Reviews

I've lived here for 10 years and my view of the city has turned as we (barely) managed to buy a home, started a family, and the blight of homelessness has escalated out  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived here for 6 years, and it never got any easier to live, I'm a Native American, these people her look down on us, I have been put in jail for sitting in a parking  More

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I have lived in Missoula on and off for the last 30 years, but consistently for the last 12. I met my wife and had my kids here. My father and my wife's entire family  More

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Reviews for Binghamton    29 Reviews

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Very cool place with loads of popular restaurants (some award winning), hiking, winter activities/sports, fishing, boating, central location -making it SO EASY for  More

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Over 4 years ago

I can't understand the strong negativity, at least not totally. I have been here for a while now and have been (years ago). Back in the big recession there were some  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in this area my whole life-all 23 years of it. Even in my lifetime about half the businesses I remember are now boarded up often with no replacements. So many  More

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