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Northfield, MN vs New Prague, MN

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Highlights
- New Prague spends 15.5% less per student than Northfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.3% higher in New Prague than in Northfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Prague had 1.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Northfield
 Northfield, MNNew Prague, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,898$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,690  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,322$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.15  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8334573
 Students per Counselor473  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%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 New Prague    2 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I live here and it is a great place to live unless you hate the cold then this is not the place for  More

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New Prague is a friendly, upper-middle class town that is not a direct suburb of the Twin Cities but close enough to them that we can easily take advantage of all the  More

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