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Papillion, NE vs Council Bluffs, IA

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Highlights
- Council Bluffs spends 1.8% more per student than Papillion.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.5% higher in Council Bluffs than in Papillion. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Council Bluffs had 9.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Papillion

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 Papillion, NECouncil Bluffs, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,776$15,049$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,845$11,754$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,030$7,261$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.7414.9616.23
 Students per Librarian3915664573
 Students per Counselor382351530
 Grade School Educ.1.0%4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%8.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.3%87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%22.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.3%11.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.4%20.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.2%5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%1.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%0.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Papillion    6 Reviews

Papillion is a small suburb of Omaha and has low crime, reasonable schools, small town feel (unless you go north into the craziness of Omaha) and is growing by leaps and  More

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I have lived in Papillion Nebraska for twenty years. I live in an older part of town that is annexed and cannot speak to what goes on in the SIDs. I am going to try to  More

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I don't like to be negative. I've lived here for 4 years. At the risk of sounding dramatic (because this city really is), it's possibly the worst place in the great  More

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Reviews for Council Bluffs    4 Reviews

It's an okay city. Nothing special really. All the fun things to do and good restaurants are across the river in Omaha. I will say CB has some pretty good recreational  More

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Over 8 years ago

Quietly over the years this community has taken untold amounts of riverfront casino tax dollars and converted them into hundreds and hundreds of community improvement  More

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Over 14 years ago

here in council bluffs iowa, we have low crime rate. There have been an increase in shopping areas in the last 2 years and lots of new resturants and three casinos. It  More

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ZIPS IN PAPILLION, NEBRASKA
68046 68133
ZIPS IN COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA
51503 51501

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