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

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Highlights
- Santa Rosa spends 63.1% more per student than Rapid City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.5% higher in Santa Rosa than in Rapid City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Rosa had 9.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rapid City
 Rapid City, SDSanta Rosa, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,850$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,859  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,508$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock142404573
 Students per Counselor407  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%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 Rosa    43 Reviews

I was born and raised here. Santa Rosa used to be a great city great location great weather but now it is overcrowded and crime is off the charts and housing is crazy  More

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I've lived her over 20 years and it's a pretty nice place. The main vibe is you feel safe doing this day or night. Most of the neighborhoods are well taken care of, they  More

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Terrible city that's hurting for money. After going on a long hiatus from enforcing traffic laws, they've recently turned their highways into an ATM machine/cash cow by  More

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