2025 Compare Cities Education:
South Salt Lake, UT vs Kansas City, KS

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Highlights
- Kansas City spends 66.0% more per student than South Salt Lake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.8% lower in Kansas City than in South Salt Lake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kansas City had 3.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to South Salt Lake
 South Salt Lake, UTKansas City, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,142$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,558  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,628$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6824573
 Students per Counselor543  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for South Salt Lake    1 Reviews

I lived in South Salt Lake for a couple years while in school at the U. It's a nice little inner suburb of Salt Lake City, and some areas I would say are even  More

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Reviews for Kansas City    15 Reviews

Avoid living in Kansas City, KS (Wyandotte Co.) by all means! We made the mistake of moving to this dump. High crime, high unemployment, murders daily, dilapidated  More

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Over 10 years ago

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Over 10 years ago

nice weather if you like changing  More

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