2025 Compare Cities Education:
Missoula, MT vs Sweet Home, OR

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Highlights
- Sweet Home spends 39.7% more per student than Missoula.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.7% higher in Sweet Home than in Missoula. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sweet Home had 17.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Missoula
 Missoula, MTSweet Home, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,973$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,200  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6834573
 Students per Counselor296  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.7%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 Sweet Home    4 Reviews

My son and his family are looking at a job transfer from Medford where fire smoke is getting nearly unbearable. I told him it’s bad in this area too, but what do the  More

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Over 7 years ago

This little town has potential but not enough financial support backing its law enforcement and park area's. Very depressed community and as an old logging town it  More

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Sweet Home is a beautiful town in the mountains with a river running through town. There are two reservoirs within a few minutes drive. Great fishing, boating and  More

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