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Northfield, MN vs Missoula, MT

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Highlights
- Missoula spends 35.7% less per student than Northfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.5% lower in Missoula than in Northfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Missoula had 0.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Northfield
 Northfield, MNMissoula, MTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,865$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,690  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,770$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.15  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4694573
 Students per Counselor473  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.7%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 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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