2025 Compare Cities Education:
Davenport, IA vs Somerset, KY

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- Somerset spends 16.5% less per student than Davenport.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.1% higher in Somerset than in Davenport. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Somerset had 14.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Davenport
 Davenport, IASomerset, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,412  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,241$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.03  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5074573
 Students per Counselor375  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Davenport    17 Reviews

Davenport is part of a larger metropolitan area, called the Quad Cities, which includes Illinois river cities just across the Mississippi. River related recreation,,  More

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Over 11 years ago

Lived in 12 SE cities before moving to Davenport. Quality of life is much better; ease of moving around with little to no interstate traffic. Grid layout makes it simple  More

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Over 11 years ago

Great local colleges and  More

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Reviews for Somerset    7 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

There is certainly a small town atmosphere here. It seems as if there is a high percentage of the population that wants to get Somerset "on the map", but they want to do  More

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Over 15 years ago

I have lived here since 1989. My family moved me here from Chicago Ill when I was 5 years old. Growing up in this place, I can tell you first hand what you children will  More

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Over 17 years ago

I wanted to post facts on somerset on my previous post because sometimes on bestplaces.net it is just opinions and those can be misleading or one-sided. So I posted  More

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