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St. Maries, ID vs Post Falls, ID

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- Post Falls spends 28.1% less per student than St. Maries.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 45.0% higher in Post Falls than in St. Maries. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Post Falls had 4.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to St. Maries
 St. Maries, IDPost Falls, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,827  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,065$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10634573
 Students per Counselor564  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for St. Maries    6 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

After spending some time in North Idaho we decided to settle down in Saint Maries. It's a reasonable commute to Coeur d'Alene for my husband where he found a job as a  More

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Over 2 years ago

Was a little out of the way but I was promised that I wouldn't regret my visit, but that I had to go fishing so I guess that's a big thing there. I had a very nice time,  More

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Over 4 years ago

Lived here for over a year, very friendly people and don't have to deal with crowds or rude people. It's pretty much everything I expected when choosing to move to  More

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Reviews for Post Falls    6 Reviews

In moving here I knew about the snow. Not a matter of if but how much. What I didn't know was how windy it gets and how often. I also didn't know about the dust. It's  More

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Over 6 years ago

Moved here from Seattle in 2018. Even though the population is under 40,000 it doesn't feel like small town Mayberry. The biggest mistake I see happening is the building  More

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Post Falls had great potential; too bad the city planning committee blew it! It's such a disorganized bunch of housing communities built just what looks like where ever  More

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