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Salina, KS vs Grand Forks, ND

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Highlights
- Grand Forks spends 6.1% less per student than Salina.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.9% lower in Grand Forks than in Salina. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Grand Forks had 1.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Salina

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 Salina, KSGrand Forks, NDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,510$16,440$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,165$13,451$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$10,422$8,635$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.2512.0216.23
 Students per Librarian7162574573
 Students per Counselor352318530
 Grade School Educ.2.1%1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%3.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.5%95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.4%22.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.4%13.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.8%37.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.6%8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%2.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%3.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Salina    6 Reviews

I moved here 3 years ago, because I wanted to raise my children in a small town. We lived in a big city with a lot of crime and the some kids were always in trouble. I  More

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Salina in some parts is so wild that there are animals, tutles and skunks I saw at night while dring a beer outside the market near Tony's Pizza factory ownd by the  More

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Over 9 years ago

I was there for almost a whole year. I stayed at the Salina Rescue Mission for free however nothing is really "free". Housing- Salina downtown purports to have cheap  More

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Reviews for Grand Forks    21 Reviews

I lived here for about a year and I can't say many good things about it. I'll start with the positives, it has low crime rate and stores are all close by. Negatives  More

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Over 7 years ago

I am a black male and recently moved to the area do to a job offer. For the most part the people are friendly. However if you are black be prepared to give an  More

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Over 11 years ago

If you try to get a job here, please know that there is a strong culture of support for bullying and verbal abuse. The HR department openly supports and assists  More

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ZIPS IN SALINA, KANSAS
67401
ZIPS IN GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA
58201 58203 58202

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