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Hickory, NC vs Cedar Rapids, IA

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Highlights
- Cedar Rapids spends 60.7% more per student than Hickory.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.6% lower in Cedar Rapids than in Hickory. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cedar Rapids had 5.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Hickory

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 Hickory, NCCedar Rapids, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,003$16,072$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,282$11,730$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,893$7,206$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.0914.716.23
 Students per Librarian7174424573
 Students per Counselor287365530
 Grade School Educ.3.7%1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.0%4.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.89.3%93.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.6%22.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.4%12.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.7%32.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.2%7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%2.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.7%0.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Hickory    8 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Hickory is has wonderful amenities such as the science museum, children's museum, aquarium, art museum, symphony orchestra, and great universities. Its not far from  More

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Over 2 years ago

Hickory is a nice place to live. There are great parks here. Glen Hilton is a beautiful park with lots of play structures and tall trees nice elevated walking path.  More

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Cons, No ethnic diversity"... How is that a "Con"? That means it has a rich traditional culture, where most people share a interest in the same  More

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Reviews for Cedar Rapids    39 Reviews

My biggest gripe is the winter weather and more specifically the wind. The wind does not stop blowing the entire winter. It starts around November when NW winds start  More

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Over 3 years ago

Such a horrible place. The racism is too much. You cant even take a walk to the park without hearing a racial insult thrown at you. You cant even go to the store  More

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I grew up here, moved away, came back to raise my family and have been back since 1993. I love this city!!! There is SOOO much to do. There are 3-4 community theatre  More

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ZIPS IN HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA
28601 28602
ZIPS IN CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA
52402 52404 52405 52403 52411 52401

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