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Salem, MA vs Boise City, ID

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Highlights
- Boise City spends 54.1% less per student than Salem.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 48.0% higher in Boise City than in Salem. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boise City had 2.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Salem
 Salem, MABoise City, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$17,386  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.04  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor355  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Salem    4 Reviews

I've been in Salem, Massachusetts for a year now because it brought me up here for my husband's job. Salem may be a great place to visit during Halloween but other  More

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Over 12 years ago

My husband and I move to Salem, MA from Long Island NY five years ago and we love it! We kept on visiting for Halloween and we just decided to move here for the hell of  More

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Over 18 years ago

We are family friendly, albeit strange. We celebrate Halloween for a month. Check out the Haunted Happenings  More

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Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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