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Oakdale, MN vs Spirit Lake, IA

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- Spirit Lake spends 20.9% more per student than Oakdale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.7% lower in Spirit Lake than in Oakdale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Spirit Lake had 2.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Oakdale
 Oakdale, MNSpirit Lake, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,642$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,957  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,657$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.36  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4934573
 Students per Counselor702  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
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Reviews for Oakdale    1 Reviews
JDawg · Brooklyn Park, MN
affordable
Over 8 years ago

I grew up in Oakdale and lived there until I was about 23 when I stayed at home to finish college. It's more of a blue collar area with lots of starter homes and  More

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Marie · Spirit Lake, IA
Spirit Lake
Over 18 years ago

We moved from a medium sized city in the West (about 100,000) to Spirit Lake a few years ago. Although it took a little while to get used to living in a small town  More

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