2025 Compare Cities Education:
Raymore, MO vs Rapid City, SD

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Highlights
- Rapid City spends 11.4% less per student than Raymore.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.5% higher in Rapid City than in Raymore. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rapid City had 0.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Raymore
 Raymore, MORapid City, SDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,333$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,092  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,774$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10444573
 Students per Counselor367  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Raymore    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

We moved from Raymore a couple of years ago because there's nothing to do there. You have to drive into Lee's Summit, Mo or Overland Park, Ks. to find good eats and  More

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Over 18 years ago

We moved to Raymore seven years ago from south Kansas City. The school system in Raymore is far superior to that of Kansas City. Raymore is only 15 minutes away  More

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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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