2025 Compare Cities Education:
Prior Lake, MN vs Park City, UT

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Highlights
- Park City spends 10.8% less per student than Prior Lake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.8% lower in Park City than in Prior Lake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Park City had 0.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Prior Lake
 Prior Lake, MNPark City, UTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,077$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,057  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,376$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.22  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10294573
 Students per Counselor770  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock2.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%1.5%
Reviews for Prior Lake    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Prior Lake is an amazing place to raise a family and to live. The city puts a lot of money into community events that are almost always free or of low cost. From the  More

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Over 15 years ago

A beautiful, quiet, friendly community built around a lovely good sized lake. Prior Lake is only a short drive away from many fun and exciting cultural, sporting,  More

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We actually live in Credit River Township, but our mailing address is Prior Lake. Our real estate taxes help pay for the schools in Prior Lake, but, in Credit River  More

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Reviews for Park City    12 Reviews

I lived in Park City for 6 years. Vail purchase of resort(s) and capacity reached in school system have caused a real estate bubble, in my opinion, with 500-1,000 per  More

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we have lived there off and on for 27 years and love it in the winter and summer, the muddy months starting in april are not so good but we head back to calif. at that  More

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Over 9 years ago

I like this town  More

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