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Spearfish, SD vs Gallup, NM

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- Gallup spends 40.0% more per student than Spearfish.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 42.3% higher in Gallup than in Spearfish. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gallup had 10.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Spearfish
 Spearfish, SDGallup, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,714$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,435  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,163$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.8  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock63384573
 Students per Counselor323  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Spearfish    4 Reviews

I've been in the black Hills since 1994 and,recently moved to the east side of the state, Sioux Falls to be exact. Spearfish, is a very nice & beautiful community but,  More

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Over 18 years ago

The weather is perfect for outdoor  More

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Over 18 years ago

Spearfish is beautiful but there is very little job opportunity. As a result those people who want to advance in their career should avoid Spearfish. On the other hand  More

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Reviews for Gallup    7 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I have lived in Gallup for over 20 years and find this area very interesting. The tourist just blowing through see the vagrants & general run-down appearance, turn up  More

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Over 13 years ago

Gallup NM has great places to hike around and minimal cultural diversity. I found most of the white folk ( I am caucasion) to be super red neck.. I am having a hard time  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have to argue with the so called statistics. There are 3 kinds of lies and this is one of them in my view. I am/was an ER nurse and we see the worst a society has to  More

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