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West Bend, WI vs Butte-Silver Bow, MT

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- Butte-Silver Bow spends 6.3% less per student than West Bend.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.5% lower in Butte-Silver Bow than in West Bend. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Butte-Silver Bow had 1.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Bend
 West Bend, WIButte-Silver Bow, MTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,950$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,780  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,296$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.64  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4624573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for West Bend    4 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

terrible place, so inconvenient, terrible two taxi services. West bend just caters to the rich. If you don't have a car,you won't be able to survive there. City workers  More

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West Bend is a great small town that is growing fairly rapidly. If you are looking for a wonderful place to raise a family this is it! West Bend is pretty, has nice  More

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Over 19 years ago

I've lived in west bend for the past 8 years and i must say, it's a joke. It's nice if your retired and looking for cheap living, other then that i would not raise a  More

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Reviews for Butte-Silver Bow    15 Reviews

I think I read the 14 reviews. None of the people were from Butte. You do have to be hardy if you're going to live here. Yes, we're called the Mining City because that's  More

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Over 5 years ago

This is the armpit of Montana. Been here 5 years and Bitten by 1 dog, assulted by 2 dog owners whose dogs came at me aggressively, then the owners, for protecting  More

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Over 6 years ago

I was excited about moving to Butte--I used to visit a lot in college, and fell in love with the history and scenery. Unfortunately, after the first few months in Butte,  More

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