2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cedar Falls, IA vs Salem, MA

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Highlights
- Salem spends 48.7% more per student than Cedar Falls.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.0% lower in Salem than in Cedar Falls. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salem had 4.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Cedar Falls
 Cedar Falls, IASalem, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,221$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,640  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,919$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5304573
 Students per Counselor361  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Cedar Falls    7 Reviews

Over 8 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 12 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 Salem    4 Reviews

I've been in Salem, Massachusetts for a year now because it brought me up here for my husband's job. Salem may be a great place to visit during Halloween but other  More

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Over 12 years ago

My husband and I move to Salem, MA from Long Island NY five years ago and we love it! We kept on visiting for Halloween and we just decided to move here for the hell of  More

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Over 18 years ago

We are family friendly, albeit strange. We celebrate Halloween for a month. Check out the Haunted Happenings  More

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