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Colorado Springs, CO vs Council Bluffs, IA

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- Council Bluffs spends 20.1% more per student than Colorado Springs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.3% lower in Council Bluffs than in Colorado Springs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Council Bluffs had 6.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Colorado Springs
 Colorado Springs, COCouncil Bluffs, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,049$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,295  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,261$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5664573
 Students per Counselor274  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Colorado Springs    199 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I grew up in Colorado Springs, left for the military, and moved back in 2008. It is not the same place I grew up in or what it was 15 years ago. High crime,  More

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Over 1 years ago

Moved here from san diego. All expenses went up with exception to gas. San diego may not have an affordable housing market, but with all others equal san diego is still  More

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Moved here in the summer from one of the hottest places on earth and my quality of life has gone up dramatically. I can walk outside, there are enormous mountains to  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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