2024 Compare Cities Education:
Burlington, IA vs Iowa City, IA

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Highlights
- Iowa City spends 26.7% more per student than Burlington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.3% higher in Iowa City than in Burlington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Iowa City had 5.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Burlington
 Burlington, IAIowa City, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,010$17,755$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,372$11,983$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,321$7,669$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.5713.8816.23
 Students per Librarian13345004573
 Students per Counselor529398530
 Grade School Educ.1.8%1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%1.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.3%97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.9%16.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.12.0%7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.5%59.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.4.5%17.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%5.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%8.0%1.5%
Reviews for Burlington    1 Reviews

Burlington iowa is a great historical town it's a great place to live if you make atlest 37 to 40 dollers an hour but if your on a fixed income of less then a 1000  More

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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 4 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 6 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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