2024 Compare Cities Education:
Missoula, MT vs Grand Forks, ND

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Highlights
- Grand Forks spends 27.8% more per student than Missoula.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.2% lower in Grand Forks than in Missoula. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Grand Forks had 1.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Missoula
 Missoula, MTGrand Forks, NDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,865$16,440$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,200$13,451$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,770$8,635$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.1712.0216.23
 Students per Librarian4692574573
 Students per Counselor296318530
 Grade School Educ.1.1%1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%3.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.0%95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%22.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.5%13.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.3%37.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.6%8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%2.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.7%3.0%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 4 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 Grand Forks    21 Reviews

I lived here for about a year and I can't say many good things about it. I'll start with the positives, it has low crime rate and stores are all close by. Negatives  More

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Over 7 years ago

I am a black male and recently moved to the area do to a job offer. For the most part the people are friendly. However if you are black be prepared to give an  More

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Over 11 years ago

If you try to get a job here, please know that there is a strong culture of support for bullying and verbal abuse. The HR department openly supports and assists  More

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