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Spirit Lake, IA vs New Ulm, MN

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Highlights
- New Ulm spends 20.1% less per student than Spirit Lake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.0% lower in New Ulm than in Spirit Lake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Ulm had 1.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Spirit Lake
 Spirit Lake, IANew Ulm, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,898$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,377  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,938$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4884573
 Students per Counselor434  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Spirit Lake    1 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

We moved from a medium sized city in the West (about 100,000) to Spirit Lake a few years ago. Although it took a little while to get used to living in a small town  More

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Reviews for New Ulm    2 Reviews

Well, hmmm. I did not care for it here. But then again, it was tainted by Catholic issues. (I had those until recently when I quit). I also tried Lutherans - no  More

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Many areas (employers, city government, local hospital, etc.) are all working to make the city 'the healthiest place to  More

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