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Palmer, AK vs St. Maries, ID

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Highlights
- St. Maries spends 19.6% less per student than Palmer.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.8% lower in St. Maries than in Palmer. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- St. Maries had 3.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palmer

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 Palmer, AKSt. Maries, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,230$12,248$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,494$11,827$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,979$6,259$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.4413.0616.23
 Students per Librarian8125094573
 Students per Counselor448564530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.7%9.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.7%89.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.1%23.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.9%7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.3%19.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.8%2.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%0.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%0.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Palmer    3 Reviews

The first time I saw Palmer was in 1974. It's grown up from the old days of farm country complete with 4-H clubs, fields of crops and livestock. Gone are most of the  More

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Over 18 years ago

The four months of cold and dark. Winter lasts about 8 months, but the real cold, dark lasts about 4 months. It is getting harder and harder to deal with as I get  More

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Over 18 years ago

I have lived in Palmer for 11 years. I love everything about it except about four months of the dark, cold winters. The people are  More

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Reviews for St. Maries    6 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

After spending some time in North Idaho we decided to settle down in Saint Maries. It's a reasonable commute to Coeur d'Alene for my husband where he found a job as a  More

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Over 1 years ago

Was a little out of the way but I was promised that I wouldn't regret my visit, but that I had to go fishing so I guess that's a big thing there. I had a very nice time,  More

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Over 3 years ago

Lived here for over a year, very friendly people and don't have to deal with crowds or rude people. It's pretty much everything I expected when choosing to move to  More

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99645
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