2025 Compare Cities Education:
Parkston, SD vs Griffin, GA

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Highlights
- Griffin spends 8.0% less per student than Parkston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.6% higher in Griffin than in Parkston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Griffin had 11.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Parkston
 Parkston, SDGriffin, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,643$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,260  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,672$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.28  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4544573
 Students per Counselor304  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Parkston    1 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I’ve lived her for 5 months and hate it. People here are nice, but give off the feeling of being fake nice and two faced. (Don’t get me wrong I’ve met some genuinely  More

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Reviews for Griffin    3 Reviews

Gang violence plagues the city I went inside a retail store and a bloods flag was flying I asked the manager about it and the manager told me that there was nothing he  More

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Over 12 years ago

Use to be "Griffin Great and Growing" Then after vote the slogan became "Griffin what's in it for Me" Nothing here. Old Mill town with no jobs. Lots of Tire Shops,  More

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There is nothing to say good about Griffin GA. A former mill town with that same mentality still to this day-even with all the mills defunct. The main employer is  More

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