2025 Compare Cities Education:
Monterey, CA vs Post Falls, ID

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Highlights
- Post Falls spends 42.7% less per student than Monterey.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.8% lower in Post Falls than in Monterey. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Post Falls had 0.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Monterey
 Monterey, CAPost Falls, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,156  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,065$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10634573
 Students per Counselor526  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.54.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Monterey    21 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

The Monterey city area is an excellent place to live and one of the few California locales where it's relatively safe to raise a family. If I could no longer live here I  More

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I grew up on the Monterey Peninsula and had to leave to climb out of poverty. The median income is $35,000 and outside of the military, the jobs are mostly service  More

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My husband and I are just crazy about Monterey. I wonder if we take housing expenses (mortgage or rent) out of the picture, is Monterey still a very expensive city to  More

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Reviews for Post Falls    6 Reviews

In moving here I knew about the snow. Not a matter of if but how much. What I didn't know was how windy it gets and how often. I also didn't know about the dust. It's  More

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Over 6 years ago

Moved here from Seattle in 2018. Even though the population is under 40,000 it doesn't feel like small town Mayberry. The biggest mistake I see happening is the building  More

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Post Falls had great potential; too bad the city planning committee blew it! It's such a disorganized bunch of housing communities built just what looks like where ever  More

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