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Council Bluffs, IA vs Mobile, AL

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Highlights
- Mobile spends 28.4% less per student than Council Bluffs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 40.6% higher in Mobile than in Council Bluffs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mobile had 2.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Council Bluffs
 Council Bluffs, IAMobile, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,769$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,754  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,527$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5794573
 Students per Counselor351  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 Mobile    37 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Avoid at all costs weak job market bad schools discrimnation of disabled in workplace and schools , I have lived here most of my life and have been trying to get out  More

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someone freshly graduated from high school with no work experience can pick up a serving job and make more hourly than someone who works in an entry level healthcare  More

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Over 4 years ago

I lived in that City for almost 12 years I have nothing good to say about it I have nothing bad to say about it People especially the cops some cricket wrong doing  More

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