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Council Bluffs, IA vs Syracuse, NY

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Highlights
- Syracuse spends 63.1% more per student than Council Bluffs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.0% lower in Syracuse than in Council Bluffs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Syracuse had 4.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Council Bluffs
 Council Bluffs, IASyracuse, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,543$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,754  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,960$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6214573
 Students per Counselor351  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%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 Syracuse    59 Reviews

I've lived in Syracuse, NY my entire life. The majority of my family and friends are from here as well. I love the Syracuse sports teams and have done so since I was a  More

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I was born 30 miles from Syracuse,, moved away to travel all over the USA, living in about 8 different cities, then came to live in Syracuse, NY. I have been here for 20  More

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I’ll start by saying I’ve lived here my whole life. I have only lived here but can’t wait to move out. I’ll lay out some pros and cons. Pros: it has a decent downtown  More

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