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Cleveland, OH vs Columbus, OH

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Highlights
- Columbus spends 16.5% less per student than Cleveland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.0% lower in Columbus than in Cleveland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbus had 9.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Cleveland

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 Cleveland, OHColumbus, OHUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,172$16,851$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,425$13,310$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,106$7,973$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.717.716.23
 Students per Librarian8436944573
 Students per Counselor462388530
 Grade School Educ.5.0%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.4%6.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.82.6%90.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%20.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.4%7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.2%37.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.2%10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.8%1.6%1.5%

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Reviews for Cleveland    95 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I live in a suburb right outside of Cleveland. I fear Cleveland gets a bad wrap in many people eyes. Although many families moved to the area for steel and auto  More

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I relocated to Cleveland 8 months ago from south of Columbus, OH. Having spent a lot of time in Columbus and central Ohio, I wanted to change. So I spontaneously decided  More

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Lived in Cleveland for 10 years. Loved it. Of course it has its issues, but there are a lot of great things about this city, and the people that live there should  More

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Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

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Over 1 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 2 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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ZIPS IN CLEVELAND, OHIO
44102, 44111, 44109, 44105, 44120, 44128, 44135, 44106, 44108, 44104, 18 total
ZIPS IN COLUMBUS, OHIO
43228, 43229, 43207, 43232, 43224, 43204, 43235, 43110, 43201, 43219, 31 total

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