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Oak Creek, WI vs Columbia, SC

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 3.5% more per student than Oak Creek.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.5% lower in Columbia than in Oak Creek. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 4.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Oak Creek

Education
 Oak Creek, WIColumbia, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,577$17,157$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,645$14,952$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,875$9,360$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.4415.3616.23
 Students per Librarian12345744573
 Students per Counselor527336530
 Grade School Educ.2.3%2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%7.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.9%90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.5%18.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.4%7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.2%44.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.9%11.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%4.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.5%3.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Oak Creek    3 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I live in a suburb of a large city. Oak Creek is a suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, it is the most southern suburb before going into Racine County. It use to be a nice  More

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Before you move to Oak Creek, Wisconsin do your homework. Check out the neighbors first...We have lived here 10 years and I hate it. The neighbors are snobs, they call  More

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Over 18 years ago

Wisconsin is brutal and oppresive to its residents with respect to property taxes. A $200k house can easily fetch a $5,000 per year property tax bill. That's over $400  More

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Reviews for Columbia    50 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I love living in Columbia! I recently graduated from USC and plan to stay. I read the reviews posted here and it shows that like many cities, your experience will depend  More

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Loved living in Columbia, SC prior to my job transfer. It's the perfect size - plenty to do, but still a laid back place. People are extremely friendly, there are  More

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I moved to Columbia for graduate school and although it is a giant step up from my small, out-of-state hometown, I became bored and restless here in less than a year.  More

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