2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pine City, MN vs North Branch, MN

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Highlights
- North Branch spends 15.4% more per student than Pine City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.5% higher in North Branch than in Pine City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- North Branch had 3.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Pine City
 Pine City, MNNorth Branch, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,472$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,543  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,096$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.72  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5774573
 Students per Counselor645  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock16.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.14.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Pine City    5 Reviews

"The kind of town people in the area might call “resorty,” but only relative to the rest of East Central Minnesota." --Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Dec. 28, 2020 "Pine  More

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Excluding Minneapolis, St. Paul and the metro areas, Pine City is has the largest concentration of likely same-sex coupled households in Greater Minnesota. Check it  More

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My impression is that Pine City’s economy, by and large, has begun to rebound from the recent recession (2009-2011). Here are some indicators to back up that  More

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Reviews for North Branch    1 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

I lived in South Dakota for most of my life then moved to North branch, I slowly realized that it is a growing city, population wise but the jobs seem to fade further  More

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