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Rapid City, SD vs Boise City, ID

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- Boise City spends 10.2% less per student than Rapid City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.7% higher in Boise City than in Rapid City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boise City had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rapid City
 Rapid City, SDBoise City, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,859  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor407  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%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 Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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