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Bettendorf, IA vs Sunnyvale, CA

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Highlights
- Sunnyvale spends 36.3% more per student than Bettendorf.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.6% higher in Sunnyvale than in Bettendorf. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sunnyvale had 4.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bettendorf

Education
 Bettendorf, IASunnyvale, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,502$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,412$14,141$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,161$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.0321.5916.23
 Students per Librarian52365284573
 Students per Counselor375646530
 Grade School Educ.0.7%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%3.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.2%93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%11.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.8%5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.1%66.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.15.9%28.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%6.5%1.5%

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Reviews for Bettendorf    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

very low crime, great schools, housing costs-a decent house for family of 5 is around  More

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We are thinking of moving to the area (Iowa). I am an NC native, although we feel the need to move out due to huge influx of newcomers in this area from the northeast  More

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Over 17 years ago

We moved to Bettendorf when our son was in elementary school based on favorable comments about the schools from several friends in similar stages in their lives. We  More

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Reviews for Sunnyvale    14 Reviews

At this point, I would only recommend moving to silicon valley for the job market. Sure, the weather is great and the restaurants offer huge variety. But the costs of  More

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Like previous reviewer, tech company's tyranny over city gov and quality of living has negatively impacted a fantastic place to live. Climate, while super, is grossly  More

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I've lived here for 40 years. While the weather is fabulous, For the past ten years of high density housing mostly needed to house thousands of a young up coming tech  More

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ZIPS IN BETTENDORF, IOWA
52722 52767
ZIPS IN SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA
94087 94086 94085 94089

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