2025 Compare Cities Education:
Missoula, MT vs Fairfield, ID

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Highlights
- Fairfield spends 6.3% more per student than Missoula.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.9% lower in Fairfield than in Missoula. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fairfield had 35.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Missoula
 Missoula, MTFairfield, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,672$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,200  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,814$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2924573
 Students per Counselor296  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock34.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock63.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%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 Fairfield    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Quiet, lovely rural environment. Small town life encapsulated. Fairly long winters, temperate summers. About 300 people in the town and only 1,000 in the entire county.  More

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I spent the first thirteen years of my life in this town and let me tell you it is really tiny! Its very beautiful and a wonderful place to visit but I wouldn't  More

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