2025 Compare Cities Education:
Yankton, SD vs Midland, MI

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Highlights
- Midland spends 44.9% more per student than Yankton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.2% higher in Midland than in Yankton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Midland had 4.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Yankton
 Yankton, SDMidland, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,218$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,390  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,608$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.1  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock16794573
 Students per Counselor335  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.1%1.5%
Reviews for Yankton    4 Reviews

Ive lived hered here over 30 years. Its gone down in many ways. Mall is no longer a mall. We have a sign up on it after huge renovations, still open yankton village. Too  More

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My family and I have been here since November of 2020. Covid-19 has really made everything challenging, but so far we love the town. The recreation here is 5 stars. The  More

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Over 16 years ago

The quality of life in Yankton is fantastic, it has been a wonderful place to live and raise my  More

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Reviews for Midland    21 Reviews

I’ve been here a couple months. Everything is beautiful, but the people here are god awful cheap. Don’t know if the people here are all lazy or what, but working here  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived here for 3 years, originally from Port Huron. Moved here because of the beauty, bad idea. The people are snobby and they raise their kids to be as well. I've  More

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I grew up in Midland and lived there up until I went to college, and now I am back 30 years later. While I agree that if you are looking for a very vibrant place with  More

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