2024 Compare Cities Education:
Mountain Home, ID vs Missoula, MT

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Highlights
- Missoula spends 60.5% more per student than Mountain Home.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.2% lower in Missoula than in Mountain Home. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Missoula had 8.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Mountain Home
 Mountain Home, IDMissoula, MTUnited States
 Expend. per Student$8,018$12,865$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,506$11,200$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,533$6,770$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.7514.1716.23
 Students per Librarian11014694573
 Students per Counselor567296530
 Grade School Educ.3.6%1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.1%1.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.89.3%97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.31.3%20.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.12.2%8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.0%50.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.2.5%12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.2%2.7%1.5%
Reviews for Mountain Home    5 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

The cost of living is low in Idaho, even though the taxes are high. We definitley have 4 seasons, cold in winter and hot in  More

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I was stationed at the base in the late 60s. I am sure many things have changed. Don't remember much so can anyone tell me about bugs (mosquitoes), wind, heat, cold  More

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Over 15 years ago

We have lived here since 1991 and love it... the wind can be brutal in the spring, summers are hot and dry, and the winters can be cold and snowy and we love it... Cost  More

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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 4 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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