2025 Compare Cities Education:
Burnsville, MN vs Iowa City, IA

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Highlights
- Iowa City spends 9.0% more per student than Burnsville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.3% lower in Iowa City than in Burnsville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Iowa City had 5.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Burnsville
 Burnsville, MNIowa City, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,755$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,783  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,669$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.83  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5004573
 Students per Counselor573  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.0%1.5%
Reviews for Burnsville    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

i live in mn and im sick of it me and my family are relocating to atlanta ga but idk if im gong to go threw with it i dont have any job experiance being a stay at home  More

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Over 19 years ago

Saint Paul and Minneapolis are blessed with a wide variety of music and theatre venues. The Ordway Theatre in St.Paul is a spectacular music hall and offers a great  More

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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 5 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 7 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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