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Davenport, IA vs Ottumwa, IA

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Highlights
- Ottumwa spends 13.2% less per student than Davenport.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.5% lower in Ottumwa than in Davenport. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ottumwa had 6.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Davenport

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 Davenport, IAOttumwa, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,502$11,720$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,412$10,227$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,161$6,352$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.0314.516.23
 Students per Librarian5237584573
 Students per Counselor375441530
 Grade School Educ.2.8%6.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%6.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.1%86.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%21.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.7%10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.1%19.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.6%5.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%1.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.9%0.9%1.5%

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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 Ottumwa    5 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Ottumwa has a seemingly high rate of theft-related crimes as well as drug use which I'm sure correlates to the incidences of assault. For a community of 20-30,000, the  More

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Over 15 years ago

ottumwa, Iowa has no diverse culture. It is not very open especially when it comes to branching out to new ideas of others culture...The idea of culture here is the pro  More

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Over 16 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living and housing 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Very poor school system 3. Economically depressed 4.  More

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ZIPS IN DAVENPORT, IOWA
52806 52804 52803 52807 52802 52801
ZIPS IN OTTUMWA, IOWA
52501

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