2025 Compare Cities Education:
Montgomery, AL vs Minneapolis, MN

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Highlights
- Minneapolis spends 91.0% more per student than Montgomery.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.1% lower in Minneapolis than in Montgomery. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Minneapolis had 3.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Montgomery
 Montgomery, ALMinneapolis, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,300$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,461$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7534573
 Students per Counselor454  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%1.5%
Reviews for Montgomery    31 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Overall, I rate Montgomery as a decent city--not great but not awful. Before moving here in 1984, I lived in Houston, Texas, Little Rock, Arkansas, Tallahassee, Florida,  More

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Over 6 years ago

This city is too  More

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Let's see, something, anything, nice to say about this place. Well, the property taxes are low, as is the cost of living, BUT...that's because it's a sh!thole town and  More

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Reviews for Minneapolis    163 Reviews

Lived here since 2007. Great city. I would’ve gave it 5 stars but the winter weather ??. Great for many, I’m burned out on it. We’re the coldest major city in the US and  More

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It’s not Minnesota nice, it’s sardonic.. we know you’re full of **** but we will play along for a while, make you uncomfortable for attempting to pull one over on us..  More

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Over 4 years ago

I lived in Minneapolis (or St. Paul or Stillwater) for 20 years. Minneapolis is a very livable city. It has quality museums, good transportation, excellent healthcare,  More

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