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Englewood, CO vs Spirit Lake, IA

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- Spirit Lake spends 22.4% more per student than Englewood.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.5% lower in Spirit Lake than in Englewood. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Spirit Lake had 1.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Englewood
 Englewood, COSpirit Lake, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,642$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,429  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,657$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.68  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4934573
 Students per Counselor353  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Englewood    4 Reviews

Over 19 years ago

I took a job there myself last year, but now moved again for work back in CA. The proximity to the Mountains is hard to beat, along with all the city stuff to do. The  More

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Englewood is a sprawling suburb of Denver that only seems to exist because the U.S. Postal Service says it does. While there is (I think) an Englewood city hall  More

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Over 19 years ago

Englewood's location is great. Close enough to Denver to experience the city and not too far out in suburbia. There is a large variety of communities in and around  More

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Reviews for Spirit Lake    1 Reviews

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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