2025 Compare Cities Education:
Missoula, MT vs San Rafael, CA

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Highlights
- San Rafael spends 64.1% more per student than Missoula.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 40.0% higher in San Rafael than in Missoula. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- San Rafael had 10.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Missoula
 Missoula, MTSan Rafael, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,111$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,200  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,450$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock41414573
 Students per Counselor296  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%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 San Rafael    7 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

San Rafael is only 30 minutes from downtown San Francisco, but the weather is completely different. It's sunny most of the year, including in the summer when the city  More

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Over 15 years ago

I feal very safe in this town. I think getting stopped for talking on your cell phone while driving is a big deal here. Thats about all I can  More

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Over 17 years ago

Cost of living too high. Unfriendly  More

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