2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rapid City, SD vs Hailey, ID

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Highlights
- Hailey spends 66.2% more per student than Rapid City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.2% lower in Hailey than in Rapid City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hailey had 11.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rapid City
 Rapid City, SDHailey, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,172$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,859  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,483$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5264573
 Students per Counselor407  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.2%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 Hailey    3 Reviews

Great place to live, next store to world famous ski resort Sun Valley Idaho. Due to the closeness of Hailey to Sun Valley, the cost of living is considerably more than  More

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Grew up in Hailey and left after the age of 24. Returned 20 years later to find that our little valley had been taken over by people only interested in money and  More

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Over 13 years ago

Hailey sits in a long narrow valley that runs north-south in the mountains of south central Idaho. Theres a town above (Ketchum/Sun Valley) and a town below   More

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