2025 Compare Cities Education:
Burns, OR vs Columbia, MO

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 65.2% more per student than Burns.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 47.5% lower in Columbia than in Burns. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 8.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Burns
 Burns, ORColumbia, MOUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,741  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,199$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio24.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4524573
 Students per Counselor1421  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.11.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.3%1.5%
Reviews for Burns    3 Reviews

bob · 
Over 7 years ago

i love this place its nice no crime livin here for 39  More

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Over 7 years ago

Although there are some people who find it easy to ridicule and demean others, you will always find nice people if you look hard enough. For the most part people who  More

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Burns is pretty nigh inseparable from Hines...its basically the same miserable little town and overall garbage places to live. There is absolutely nowhere to rent with  More

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Reviews for Columbia    41 Reviews

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

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I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  More

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