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Delaware, NY vs Spirit Lake, IA

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Highlights
- Spirit Lake spends 44.0% less per student than Delaware.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.5% higher in Spirit Lake than in Delaware. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Spirit Lake had 1.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Delaware
 Delaware, NYSpirit Lake, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,642$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$30,036  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,657$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.6  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4934573
 Students per Counselor254  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
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Over 18 years ago

We moved from a medium sized city in the West (about 100,000) to Spirit Lake a few years ago. Although it took a little while to get used to living in a small town  More

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