2024 Compare Cities Education:
Cedar Falls, IA vs Murray, KY

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Highlights
- Murray spends 12.3% less per student than Cedar Falls.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.4% higher in Murray than in Cedar Falls. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Murray had 5.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Cedar Falls
 Cedar Falls, IAMurray, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,594$11,924$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,640$11,075$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,498$7,278$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio1415.5916.23
 Students per Librarian6946914573
 Students per Counselor361302530
 Grade School Educ.0.9%3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%5.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.6%91.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%21.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.7%6.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%35.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.3%10.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%1.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.2%3.2%1.5%
Reviews for Cedar Falls    7 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I lived in Cedar Falls while attending the University of Northern Iowa. It's a great college town. Main street is nice and there are plenty of restaurants to choose  More

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Over 11 years ago

We've lived in Cedar Falls since moving here from the great chicago land area in 2006. The school system in Cedar Falls and in Iowa in general if VERY strong.   More

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When I was preparing to moved to Cedar Falls, IA I was repeatedly met with the remark "IOWA!, what's there? corn?" But apart from the bitter winters, tornadoes, and  More

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Reviews for Murray    11 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

This is a town with 18,000 people and 15 banks. I had the law called on me for sitting at the end of washed out road, essentially a dead end, eating my meal and  More

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Over 12 years ago

I lived in Illinois for twenty years and have not had as many problems as I have had in the past four months living here in murray. There are alot of hateful people that  More

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Ive lived in murry for 5 years. Originally from Southern California. People say there is nothing to do in Murray. Well, if your looking for someone to entertain you  More

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