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Aurora, MO vs Spirit Lake, IA

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- Spirit Lake spends 60.0% more per student than Aurora.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.4% higher in Spirit Lake than in Aurora. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Spirit Lake had 13.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Aurora
 Aurora, MOSpirit Lake, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,642$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,247  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,657$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.7  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4934573
 Students per Counselor298  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.14.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.13.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
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Reviews for Aurora    1 Reviews
long time citizen · Aurora, MO
Not the town it used to be...
Over 11 years ago

I have lived in this town my whole life and we are looking at moving. This town, the people and the police department have gone down hill and it isn't a safe place to  More

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Reviews for Spirit Lake    1 Reviews
Marie · Spirit Lake, IA
Spirit Lake
Over 18 years ago

We moved from a medium sized city in the West (about 100,000) to Spirit Lake a few years ago. Although it took a little while to get used to living in a small town  More

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