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Columbia, MO vs Fruitland, ID

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Highlights
- Fruitland spends 39.7% less per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.2% higher in Fruitland than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fruitland had 12.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MOFruitland, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,586$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,303  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,112$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11584573
 Students per Counselor260  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%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 5 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 Fruitland    2 Reviews

Over 19 years ago

It is a law in every state that in order to live there you need to have the state's driver's license. Fruiltland, is a small community. They have a better school  More

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Payette County, Id., 50 miles West of Boise, has been a somewhat isolated communty. Everyone does know everyone else and if you like privacy this may not be the place  More

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