2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rapid City, SD vs Price, UT

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Highlights
- Price spends 6.2% more per student than Rapid City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.2% higher in Price than in Rapid City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Price had 4.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rapid City
 Rapid City, SDPrice, UTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,970$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,859  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,776$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock78544573
 Students per Counselor407  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 Price    3 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I just moved here from Arizona. Before that I lived in Layton and kaysville. I love it here! It's quiet, everything you need is literally minutes away. Hardly any  More

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I was here for a short time when I first came to Utah. I thought it was a nice city, with friendly people. People did wish me well, and it seemed peaceful and  More

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Over 11 years ago

A small town with all the benefits. An hour or less from almost anything you could need - shopping to boating , fishing to hiking you name it and all this with one of  More

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