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Muscatine, IA vs Sioux Falls, SD

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Highlights
- Sioux Falls spends 15.3% less per student than Muscatine.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.0% higher in Sioux Falls than in Muscatine. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sioux Falls had 6.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Muscatine

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 Muscatine, IASioux Falls, SDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,492$12,280$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,243$9,276$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,172$5,595$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.815.3916.23
 Students per Librarian100824904573
 Students per Counselor394359530
 Grade School Educ.3.8%2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.5%3.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.7%93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.1%20.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.12.0%12.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.3%36.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.4.3%8.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%2.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.8%1.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Muscatine    3 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

We recently relocated here in October for my husbands work. This is a beautiful city located on the mississippi river. It boasts of state of the art playground equipment  More

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Over 14 years ago

This is the worst place that I have ever lived. There is nothing to do here except drugs. The schools are also terrible. I ended up sending my son to a private boarding  More

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Over 18 years ago

We live just outside of Muscatine,On a bluff looking over the Mississippi river. We have a great view of the river( never floods) and a house in our subdivision just  More

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Reviews for Sioux Falls    56 Reviews

I've lived in Sioux Falls for 2 years. I've found it to be a good place to live. The city is not too big, and has an thriving economy. Traffic is not bad, but as the  More

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Sioux Falls isn’t as bad as people make it out to be. I’ve lived here for 2 years and my experience has been pleasant. Sioux Falls is a decent sized city, not too big or  More

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Over 3 years ago

Lived on both sides of the city (it's split up by east side and west side by the locals and they're kinda in competition with each other). I've been here for 3 years and  More

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