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Council Bluffs, IA vs Iowa City, IA

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- Iowa City spends 18.0% more per student than Council Bluffs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.2% lower in Iowa City than in Council Bluffs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Iowa City had 10.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Council Bluffs
 Council Bluffs, IAIowa City, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,755$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,754  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,669$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5004573
 Students per Counselor351  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.0%1.5%
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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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 5 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 7 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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