2025 Compare Cities Education:
Silver Spring, MD vs Minden, NV

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Highlights
- Minden spends 40.2% less per student than Silver Spring.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.7% lower in Minden than in Silver Spring. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Minden had 13.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Silver Spring
 Silver Spring, MDMinden, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,803$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,697  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,251$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5384573
 Students per Counselor292  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Silver Spring    18 Reviews

Growing up in Silver Spring, my family and I have been residents for the better part of 25 years. Although some of the development has been great (Discovery Channel, new  More

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What a delightful school! The first time we drove up to the school, our first impression was of the charming shaded playground with wooden structures and surrounding  More

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What a delightful school! The first time we drove up to the school, our first impression was of the charming shaded playground with wooden structures and surrounding  More

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Reviews for Minden    3 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Moved here to escape traffic and stress UNBELIEVABLE VIEWS! Love the people and quality of  More

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Over 17 years ago

We moved from Southern California (suburbs of LA) almost 3 years ago to get away from the bad traffic and too many people. We thought Northern Nevada was the perfect  More

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The Carson Valley is a beautiful place to live. Lake Tahoe 20 min. away. Snow skiing 20 min. away. Summers are great mostly in the 90s. and dry. Mountains suround the  More

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