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Fort Dodge, IA vs Battle Creek, MI

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Highlights
- Battle Creek spends 10.2% less per student than Fort Dodge.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.2% higher in Battle Creek than in Fort Dodge. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Battle Creek had 0.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Dodge

Education
 Fort Dodge, IABattle Creek, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,653$13,157$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,096$11,533$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,814$6,737$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.8316.3416.23
 Students per Librarian142710094573
 Students per Counselor345542530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.6%7.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.89.4%89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.3%25.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.1%8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.5%21.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.3.7%6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%0.5%1.5%

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Reviews for Fort Dodge    5 Reviews

Corrupt politicians always scheming to funnel public money to wealthy private interests, creating a welfare dependent economy that will be imploding sooner than later,  More

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Having lived here all of my life and having been involved with the community in many ways, I would not recommend that anyone move to FD at this time. About 60% of the  More

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Over 9 years ago

Before moving to the Fort Dodge area please consider other options. The city is a decaying town, streets have definitely seen better days and are filthy. There are not  More

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Reviews for Battle Creek    11 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

you need to really pay attention to the neighborhood you select. There are some great older neighborhoods with fantastic houses in the city, but those might only be one  More

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Over 12 years ago

Battle Creek is moderately ok in the summer months but any other time it is cold or cloudy and unpleasant. You better have warm clothes to survive the cold winter that  More

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Over 15 years ago

Battle Creek is a great place to raise a family. Sometimes hard to get people to move here but once here nobody wants to leave. Summers are absolutely beautiful. Yes  More

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ZIPS IN FORT DODGE, IOWA
50501
ZIPS IN BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN
49015 49017 49037

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