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Council Bluffs, IA vs Olathe, KS

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- Olathe spends 7.5% less per student than Council Bluffs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.4% lower in Olathe than in Council Bluffs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olathe had 7.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Council Bluffs

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 Council Bluffs, IAOlathe, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,049$13,913$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,754$11,650$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,261$7,166$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.9613.4116.23
 Students per Librarian5664994573
 Students per Counselor351409530
 Grade School Educ.4.2%2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.1%3.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.6%94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.9%19.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.7%8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.3%50.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.4%14.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.4%2.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Council Bluffs    4 Reviews

It's an okay city. Nothing special really. All the fun things to do and good restaurants are across the river in Omaha. I will say CB has some pretty good recreational  More

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Over 8 years ago

Quietly over the years this community has taken untold amounts of riverfront casino tax dollars and converted them into hundreds and hundreds of community improvement  More

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Over 14 years ago

here in council bluffs iowa, we have low crime rate. There have been an increase in shopping areas in the last 2 years and lots of new resturants and three casinos. It  More

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Reviews for Olathe    15 Reviews

I've lived in Olathe for 12 years. Olathe is a quiet bedroom community with great schools. 21st Century program provides many career path choices at the high school  More

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Over 6 years ago

I'm just going to give it right to ya! Olathe is closer of a normal mid-class neighborhood than say; Overland Park$$$. And if you like hoe-down country style, go South  More

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Lived in Olathe since about 1980. I can say Olathe is a great place to make a living, live life etc. It's one of those places that the UPS driver can leave a package  More

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ZIPS IN COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA
51503 51501
ZIPS IN OLATHE, KANSAS
66062 66061

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