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Des Moines, IA vs Spring Hill, TN

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- Spring Hill spends 6.5% less per student than Des Moines.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.6% higher in Spring Hill than in Des Moines. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Spring Hill had 10.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Des Moines
 Des Moines, IASpring Hill, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,371$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,894  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,635$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3994573
 Students per Counselor362  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Des Moines    53 Reviews

Des Moines is a ok and pretty quiet place but as a teen it could be dramatic because Des Moines do have is fair or violents places to avoid in Des Moines would be the  More

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Over 5 years ago

This city is violent, there are too many gangs especially on the north  More

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Over 6 years ago

Good for the old that like slow pace and cheap buffets. Also good for non-descript mid-westerners that don't like a lot of action. No nightlife or mountains to hike  More

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Reviews for Spring Hill    3 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Deciding to leave Illinois due to the cold and new Income Tax increase. How is the weather, are the locals receptive to more "yankees" moving to town? Is the commute bad  More

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Over 15 years ago

The great thing about Spring Hill is that you get a small town feel even though it's not really a small town anymore and yet, very close to A LOT of restaurants and  More

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Over 18 years ago

I've lived in this town for over ten years. Before Saturn it was a small, rural community with a k-12 school, co-op and Kirk's general store. By 1999, the town began  More

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