2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sioux Falls, SD vs Rapid City, SD

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Highlights
- Rapid City spends 15.9% less per student than Sioux Falls.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.6% lower in Rapid City than in Sioux Falls. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rapid City had 1.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sioux Falls
 Sioux Falls, SDRapid City, SDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,333$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,276  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,774$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.39  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10444573
 Students per Counselor359  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Sioux Falls    56 Reviews

I've lived in Sioux Falls for 2 years. I've found it to be a good place to live. The city is not too big, and has an thriving economy. Traffic is not bad, but as the  More

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Sioux Falls isn’t as bad as people make it out to be. I’ve lived here for 2 years and my experience has been pleasant. Sioux Falls is a decent sized city, not too big or  More

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Over 4 years ago

Lived on both sides of the city (it's split up by east side and west side by the locals and they're kinda in competition with each other). I've been here for 3 years and  More

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Reviews for Rapid City    31 Reviews

I have lived in this city for the last three and half years and I can't stand it!! Let me spell it out for you, but to be fair, let me give you the Pros first:  More

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Unless you made your pension out of state or already bought a home you can't afford to liver there. Rapid City is gray in winter.  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in the city 5 years a loved  More

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