2024 Compare Cities Education:
Davenport, IA vs Arkadelphia, AR

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Highlights
- Arkadelphia spends 14.2% less per student than Davenport.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.2% lower in Arkadelphia than in Davenport. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Arkadelphia had 1.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Davenport
 Davenport, IAArkadelphia, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,502$11,582$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,412$10,116$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,161$5,576$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.0313.3516.23
 Students per Librarian5233674573
 Students per Counselor375339530
 Grade School Educ.2.8%1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%5.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.1%93.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%25.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.7%4.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.1%34.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.6%9.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%2.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.9%3.0%1.5%
Reviews for Davenport    17 Reviews

Davenport is part of a larger metropolitan area, called the Quad Cities, which includes Illinois river cities just across the Mississippi. River related recreation,,  More

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Over 10 years ago

Lived in 12 SE cities before moving to Davenport. Quality of life is much better; ease of moving around with little to no interstate traffic. Grid layout makes it simple  More

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Over 10 years ago

Great local colleges and  More

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Reviews for Arkadelphia    3 Reviews

I attended Henderson State University which is one of the two colleges in Arkadelphia. I came from a different town in Arkansas that had much more to do, so Arkadelphia  More

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Over 14 years ago

Arkadelphia has a water park, two or three parks, its just a few minutes to get to beautiful Lake DeGray. Hot Springs has the other things that you might want to go to  More

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Over 17 years ago

Two large Universitys dominate the town and compete with each other. In general the town is orderly and neat with a true Old South feeling. Most of the citizens are  More

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