2024 Compare Cities Education:
Sioux Falls, SD vs Lynden, WA

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Highlights
- Lynden spends 40.2% more per student than Sioux Falls.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.2% higher in Lynden than in Sioux Falls. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lynden had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sioux Falls
 Sioux Falls, SDLynden, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,280$17,213$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,276$14,140$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,595$8,672$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.3917.1116.23
 Students per Librarian249012124573
 Students per Counselor359373530
 Grade School Educ.2.8%2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%3.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.3%93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%24.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.12.2%13.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.0%25.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.3%5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%1.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.0%1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Sioux Falls    56 Reviews

I've lived in Sioux Falls for 2 years. I've found it to be a good place to live. The city is not too big, and has an thriving economy. Traffic is not bad, but as the  More

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Sioux Falls isn’t as bad as people make it out to be. I’ve lived here for 2 years and my experience has been pleasant. Sioux Falls is a decent sized city, not too big or  More

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Over 3 years ago

Lived on both sides of the city (it's split up by east side and west side by the locals and they're kinda in competition with each other). I've been here for 3 years and  More

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Reviews for Lynden    3 Reviews

Moved from Metro Philadelphia. We looked at 10 communities in the following states Del, Tenn, AZ , PA, Tex, NM, ID, WA. We narrowed it down to two great towns  More

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I've lived all over the country and Washington has some of the unfriendliest and angriest people I've met. I was told to avoid Lynden and move to Bellingham because  More

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I never fully appreciated Lynden until I moved away and came back again. It wasn't until then that I realized what a wonderful, safe and friendly community Lynden really  More

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