2025 Compare Cities Education:
Northfield, MN vs Denver, CO

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Highlights
- Denver spends 17.5% less per student than Northfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.7% lower in Denver than in Northfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Denver had 7.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Northfield
 Northfield, MNDenver, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,503$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,690  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,000$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.15  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock20954573
 Students per Counselor473  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%1.5%
Reviews for Northfield    5 Reviews

The city has nothing really to offer but high taxes and bad streets and sidewalks. Winter is really bad as the city sidewalks are barely passable. You usually can not  More

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For a town of 20 thousand, the amount of cars on the road at any given time is absolutely insane. Residents will tell you it's no secret that the drivers here are  More

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I've lived in Northfield for almost 14 years now, owning my own home here the entire time. I'm originally from the Twin Cities, and moved to Northfield after several  More

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Reviews for Denver    470 Reviews

During my 25 years in Denver, I’ve witnessed trends found in other metro areas: homeless camps, panhandlers, worsening traffic, increased crime and rapidly appreciating  More

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I've lived in the Denver area for about eight years now. Moved here for college planning to get out as soon as I was done with college, and predictably got stuck  More

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I've lived in the city since I was born (1998) and I just was ready to get out. I'm a Denver native and I am ashamed of my city. I moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  More

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