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Chestertown, MD vs Council Bluffs, IA

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- Council Bluffs spends 21.2% less per student than Chestertown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.4% higher in Council Bluffs than in Chestertown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Council Bluffs had 0.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Chestertown
 Chestertown, MDCouncil Bluffs, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,049$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,674  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,261$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.43  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5664573
 Students per Counselor255  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Chestertown    3 Reviews

I have lived in Queen Anne's county most of my life, which is on the other side of the river from Chestertown. When I was younger, I remember ice cream shoppes, music  More

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Over 18 years ago

Chestertown is lovely. Because of the College, it has a real college town feel. It is very old however, so there are many people whose families grew up here. They make  More

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Over 18 years ago

Chestertown is lovely. Because of the College, it has a real college town feel. It is very old however, so there are many people whose families grew up here. They make  More

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Reviews for Council Bluffs    4 Reviews

It's an okay city. Nothing special really. All the fun things to do and good restaurants are across the river in Omaha. I will say CB has some pretty good recreational  More

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Over 9 years ago

Quietly over the years this community has taken untold amounts of riverfront casino tax dollars and converted them into hundreds and hundreds of community improvement  More

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Over 15 years ago

here in council bluffs iowa, we have low crime rate. There have been an increase in shopping areas in the last 2 years and lots of new resturants and three casinos. It  More

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