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Oak Park, IL vs Iowa City, IA

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Highlights
- Iowa City spends 19.0% less per student than Oak Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.6% lower in Iowa City than in Oak Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Iowa City had 0.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Oak Park

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 Oak Park, ILIowa City, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$21,907$17,755$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508$11,983$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$11,567$7,669$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.9713.8816.23
 Students per Librarian14805004573
 Students per Counselor481398530
 Grade School Educ.1.1%1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%1.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.9%97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.9%16.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.9%7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.0%59.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.25.9%17.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.1%5.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree5.1%8.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Oak Park    7 Reviews

We've lived in Oak Park for 25 years, raising our two children here. Now, looking ahead a few years, the Cost of Living (127), is a major factor in searching for  More

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I have grew up in the Oak Park area and have lived in other cities in the country. Oak Park is located outside of the city of Chicago. Though located reasonably  More

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Over 14 years ago

If you don't know any better you might think Oak Park is perfect. However, if you are like me and have other places as a comparison, you know better. I will say that  More

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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 4 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 6 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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ZIPS IN OAK PARK, ILLINOIS
60302 60304 60301
ZIPS IN IOWA CITY, IOWA
52240 52245 52246 52242

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