2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rapid City, SD vs Santa Cruz, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Cruz spends 58.4% more per student than Rapid City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 44.3% higher in Santa Cruz than in Rapid City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Cruz had 1.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rapid City
 Rapid City, SDSanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,364$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,859  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,688$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock62714573
 Students per Counselor407  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%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 Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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