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Columbia, MO vs Council Bluffs, IA

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Highlights
- Council Bluffs spends 5.7% more per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.0% higher in Council Bluffs than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Council Bluffs had 8.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MOCouncil Bluffs, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,049$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,303  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,261$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5664573
 Students per Counselor260  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Columbia    41 Reviews

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

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I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  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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