2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bentonville, AR vs Muscatine, IA

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- Muscatine spends 13.4% more per student than Bentonville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.5% lower in Muscatine than in Bentonville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Muscatine had 8.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bentonville
 Bentonville, ARMuscatine, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,492$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,788  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,172$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.49  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10084573
 Students per Counselor393  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Bentonville    13 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I've lived in Bentonville for 5 1/2 years and think it's a great city for families. There are tons of activities for kids and everything seems to be geared to young  More

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Nice people but there is no consumer protection. Be careful renting or spending on high ticket items.  More

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Mindy · 

People are friendly when out and about for the most part. Lots of people from India and CA are moving here. Walmart owns and controls EVERYTHING from the police  More

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Reviews for Muscatine    3 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

We recently relocated here in October for my husbands work. This is a beautiful city located on the mississippi river. It boasts of state of the art playground equipment  More

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Over 15 years ago

This is the worst place that I have ever lived. There is nothing to do here except drugs. The schools are also terrible. I ended up sending my son to a private boarding  More

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Over 19 years ago

We live just outside of Muscatine,On a bluff looking over the Mississippi river. We have a great view of the river( never floods) and a house in our subdivision just  More

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