2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rapid City, SD vs Huron, SD

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Highlights
- Huron spends 20.0% more per student than Rapid City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.1% higher in Huron than in Rapid City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Huron had 12.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rapid City
 Rapid City, SDHuron, SDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,404$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,859  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,781$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4594573
 Students per Counselor407  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%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 Huron    2 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Good  More

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Over 19 years ago

i've lived here my whole life and the crime rate is much lower than they said..in the newspaper are listings of police calls and sometimes there are thefts but i've  More

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