2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sioux Falls, SD vs Menlo Park, CA

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Highlights
- Menlo Park spends 63.6% more per student than Sioux Falls.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.6% higher in Menlo Park than in Sioux Falls. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Menlo Park had 2.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sioux Falls
 Sioux Falls, SDMenlo Park, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,276  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.39  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock80554573
 Students per Counselor359  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock24.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock11.8%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 4 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 Menlo Park    5 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Cost of living is beyond absurdly  More

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Very nice. Good connection to San Francisco or San Jose or any city in between via Caltrain or bus. Weather can't be  More

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My 14mo daughter, wife and I live in Menlo Park, CA which is approximately half way between San Francisco and San Jose. To afford an upper middle class quality of life  More

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