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Columbia, MO vs Hot Springs, AR

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Highlights
- Hot Springs spends 2.3% less per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.2% higher in Hot Springs than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hot Springs had 9.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MOHot Springs, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,904$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,303  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,697$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5354573
 Students per Counselor260  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Hot Springs    25 Reviews

I haven’t ever fully lived in this place but I can say it has a very calm feel. Very nice.  More

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I have lived here for several years. It has a lot of touristy things to do.But as far as living here there is not enough weekly activities to do or places to go. They  More

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Hot Springs, which obviously gets it's name from the springs discovered by DeSoto and the Indians is a beautiful piece of history. In it's heyday it was frequented by  More

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