2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cincinnati, OH vs Sioux City, IA

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Highlights
- Sioux City spends 26.9% less per student than Cincinnati.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.7% lower in Sioux City than in Cincinnati. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sioux City had 3.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Cincinnati
 Cincinnati, OHSioux City, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,446$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,237  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,038$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.52  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock18984573
 Students per Counselor394  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Cincinnati    113 Reviews

A native buckeye, I currently split my time between Cincinnati and Charleston, SC. We were considering leaving Cincinnati, but after reviewing other cities, I think  More

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Over 4 years ago

Lived in Cinti. and on UC faculty for over 40 years. The best move of my life is to have retired and left Cinti. for Tucson. In academics OSU far outranks UC and the  More

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What Bert has to say is a bit dated. The downtown area has made a great comeback over the past 10-15 years with Over the Rhine once being ranked America’s most dangerous  More

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Reviews for Sioux City    12 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I’ve been here only 4 months and I’m still shocked at how people behave. Not friendly, rude. Can’t tell you how many businesses I’ve been in to where the reception staff  More

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Climate in winter ranges from 10-15 degrees to 85+ in the summer 7% sale tax population @75,000, economy ok  More

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Over 14 years ago

Sioux City is an amazing place. Low crime rate, Great Schools, Great People, Most People are friendly and Polite. Just an overall great place to live!!!!!!!!!!!   More

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