2025 Compare Cities Education:
Council Bluffs, IA vs Marshall, MO

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Highlights
- Marshall spends 22.7% less per student than Council Bluffs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.1% lower in Marshall than in Council Bluffs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Marshall had 1.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Council Bluffs
 Council Bluffs, IAMarshall, MOUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,635$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,754  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,842$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6734573
 Students per Counselor351  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%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 Marshall    1 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Marshall is home to Butterfield (BYS) and is by far the best place to raise kids. I went to Butterfield for 5 years (11-18-11 to 11-18-16) and was the best and ride of  More

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