2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rapid City, SD vs York, PA

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Highlights
- York spends 86.7% more per student than Rapid City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.7% lower in York than in Rapid City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- York had 15.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rapid City
 Rapid City, SDYork, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,289$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,859  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,441$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5474573
 Students per Counselor407  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 York    14 Reviews

I have lived in York County for 13 years and operate a business (3 Monkeys Inflatables) here and I think it's a pretty nice place to live however just like anywhere  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived in York for a year im from Brooklyn and York was pretty bad its a pretty boring place not much to do and all the stores in the downtown are out of shape im glad  More

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5 miles of drugs gangs and feins after dark it gets worst better off moving to Lancaster or  More

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