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Missoula, MT vs Somerville, MA

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Highlights
- Somerville spends 83.1% more per student than Missoula.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.4% lower in Somerville than in Missoula. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Somerville had 5.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Missoula
 Missoula, MTSomerville, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,560$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,200  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,141$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3544573
 Students per Counselor296  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock21.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.2%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 6 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 Somerville    3 Reviews

I've lived in Somerville/Cambridge for 10 years, the last 4.5 with my husband in Spring Hill. It really is a great place to live if you are in your 20s & 30s: it is  More

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Living in Somerville is OK. I'm not a 'city' person and I would rather be out in the country some place, but it's not too bad here. I'm in my early 50s and own a house.  More

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Over 18 years ago

we are midwest transplants to the Boston area and lucked out by finding this great little neighborhood - right on the train line, little stores and good community - we  More

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