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Cedar Falls, IA vs Sunnyvale, CA

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Highlights
- Sunnyvale spends 35.4% more per student than Cedar Falls.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 54.2% higher in Sunnyvale than in Cedar Falls. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sunnyvale had 3.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Cedar Falls
 Cedar Falls, IASunnyvale, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,640  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor361  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock28.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.5%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 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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