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Council Bluffs, IA vs Macon, GA

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- Macon spends 5.7% more per student than Council Bluffs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.5% higher in Macon than in Council Bluffs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Macon had 1.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Council Bluffs
 Council Bluffs, IAUnited States, GA
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,754  Unlock
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.96  Unlock
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4573
 Students per Counselor351  Unlock
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.1%  Unlock
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.9%  Unlock
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.3%  Unlock
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%
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 Macon    23 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Macon is great, the thing I like about Macon is it's just an extension of Atlanta, like you wouldn't know the difference. The politics are the same, the people are the  More

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I moved to Macon seven years ago and have found the people to be welcoming, the restaurants wonderful, the downtown vibrant and so many activities to get involved with.   More

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Over 4 years ago

Macon is a perfect example of what Southern whites most feared in the 50-60s when there was the big push to bus blacks in to vote. The expected disaster occurred and is  More

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