2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rapid City, SD vs Austin, MN

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Highlights
- Austin spends 77.5% more per student than Rapid City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.9% higher in Austin than in Rapid City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Austin had 8.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rapid City
 Rapid City, SDAustin, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,342$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,859  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock34334573
 Students per Counselor407  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Rapid City    31 Reviews

I have lived in this city for the last three and half years and I can't stand it!! Let me spell it out for you, but to be fair, let me give you the Pros first:  More

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Unless you made your pension out of state or already bought a home you can't afford to liver there. Rapid City is gray in winter.  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in the city 5 years a loved  More

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Reviews for Austin    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

I lived in Austin for 15 years. I only lasted that long because I had kids and wanted to raise them close to my hometown in another state. I would recommend that you  More

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Over 18 years ago

man you may not think that austin can be hard or anything but im tellin u that i moved up here from chicago and this is a bad little town, the crime rates are high and  More

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