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Council Bluffs, IA vs Lehigh Acres, FL

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- Lehigh Acres spends 23.3% less per student than Council Bluffs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.7% higher in Lehigh Acres than in Council Bluffs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lehigh Acres had 7.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Council Bluffs
 Council Bluffs, IALehigh Acres, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,545$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,754  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,654$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock28704573
 Students per Counselor351  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%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 Lehigh Acres    11 Reviews

I grew up in Lehigh and liked it better then now it has too many people. The crime is worse now with the growth in population. I miss my small town that no one seemed  More

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Over 7 years ago

I love the hometown feel. They have a great VFW and American Legion to socialize. Great Climate the cost of living is much cheaper than Cape Coral . You are close to  More

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Michael · 

I have lived in Lehigh Acres for most of my life. Throughout the years I've been living there, I've been physically attacked in the schools (growing up), physically  More

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