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Salt Lake City, UT vs Boise City, ID

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- Boise City spends 15.1% less per student than Salt Lake City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.4% lower in Boise City than in Salt Lake City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boise City had 4.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Salt Lake City
 Salt Lake City, UTBoise City, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,558  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor543  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.49.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Salt Lake City    95 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I've lived in the Salt Lake City metro area for almost 10 years, and it has its pros and cons. Pros: -Beautiful mountains - even if you don't go, just look towards  More

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Over 4 years ago

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Over 4 years ago

Salt Lake City feels like home. There are so many things to do and see. There are many families and one thing to look out for is, there are many cranes and high rises  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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