2025 Compare Cities Education:
Prior Lake, MN vs Roseville, MN

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Highlights
- Roseville spends 19.2% more per student than Prior Lake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.1% lower in Roseville than in Prior Lake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Roseville had 2.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Prior Lake
 Prior Lake, MNRoseville, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,143$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,057  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,276$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.22  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12124573
 Students per Counselor770  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%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 Roseville    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

The neighborhood that I live in is relatively crime free. The only issues we've had are 2 incidents of youth vandalism. Otherwise we haven't really even heard of  More

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Over 19 years ago

Great city. Lots of malls, parks, restuarants, things to do, friendly people (Minnesota nice), low crime, low pollution, and just a few miles to Saint Paul or  More

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