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Kennewick, WA vs Ottumwa, IA

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Highlights
- Ottumwa spends 37.4% less per student than Kennewick.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.2% lower in Ottumwa than in Kennewick. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ottumwa had 0.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Kennewick

Education
 Kennewick, WAOttumwa, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$18,710$11,720$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,056$10,227$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,955$6,352$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.9314.516.23
 Students per Librarian11227584573
 Students per Counselor411441530
 Grade School Educ.6.2%6.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.7%6.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.0%86.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.8%21.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.9%10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.1%19.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.5%5.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%1.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%0.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Kennewick    24 Reviews

Born here and lived most of my 48 years here. If people haven't gotten out and explored the versatility of this place to entertain a population at my levels and options  More

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I have lived here a few years and it’s the worst place I’ve ever been. The “ nice weather” people refer to is 100 degree hot can’t even stand outside at 9am without  More

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Over 3 years ago

I’ve lived here for 30 years. Very good place to live. Three major rivers meet here. The Columbia, Snake and Yakima rivers. So if you like fishing or boating it’s a  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 KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON
99336 99337 99338
ZIPS IN OTTUMWA, IOWA
52501

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