2025 Compare Cities Education:
Post Falls, ID vs Columbia, TN

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 11.3% more per student than Post Falls.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.2% lower in Columbia than in Post Falls. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 3.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Post Falls
 Post Falls, IDColumbia, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,801$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,177  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,478$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4874573
 Students per Counselor402  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.32.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Post Falls    6 Reviews

In moving here I knew about the snow. Not a matter of if but how much. What I didn't know was how windy it gets and how often. I also didn't know about the dust. It's  More

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Over 6 years ago

Moved here from Seattle in 2018. Even though the population is under 40,000 it doesn't feel like small town Mayberry. The biggest mistake I see happening is the building  More

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Post Falls had great potential; too bad the city planning committee blew it! It's such a disorganized bunch of housing communities built just what looks like where ever  More

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Reviews for Columbia    7 Reviews

I was disturbed when I say old comments on this page. I recently moved to Columbia, TN. I saw associations with crime and other things that do not reflect what is by far  More

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Over 16 years ago

The jobs in Columbia, Tennessee are scarce in comparison to cities. It has been that way since the '90's. In the 90's General Electric and other major companies left the  More

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Over 17 years ago

Small old fashioned city. Not very progressive. great weather adequate schools no job growth. reasonable housing costs close to Nashville very few  More

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