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Belle Plaine, IA vs Council Bluffs, IA

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- Council Bluffs spends 16.6% more per student than Belle Plaine.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.9% higher in Council Bluffs than in Belle Plaine. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Council Bluffs had 4.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Belle Plaine
 Belle Plaine, IACouncil Bluffs, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,049$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,177  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,261$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.54  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5664573
 Students per Counselor360  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.13.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
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Reviews for Belle Plaine    1 Reviews
Bernice · Belle Plaine, IA
Retirement - Small Town Living is more Affordable
Over 17 years ago

My husband and I were ready to retire. The problem was that we knew we could no longer afford property taxes in Waterloo, Iowa when we retired as we had very little  More

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Reviews for Council Bluffs    4 Reviews
Brandon · South Salt Lake, UT
Nothing to write home about
Over 3 years ago

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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James · Littleton, CO
Hidden Gem
Over 9 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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Vicki · Crescent, IA
low
Over 15 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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