2025 Compare Cities Education:
Erie, CO vs Iowa City, IA

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Highlights
- Iowa City spends 37.9% more per student than Erie.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.3% lower in Iowa City than in Erie. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Iowa City had 0.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Erie
 Erie, COIowa City, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,755$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,749  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,669$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.98  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5004573
 Students per Counselor258  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.0%1.5%
Reviews for Erie    2 Reviews

Almost impossible to open a brick and mortar business here unless you're a lawyer, financial consultant, a restaurant or a dentist. Start jumping through hoops. Get  More

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Over 17 years ago

Erie has an aggressive expansion plan in place. The initial phase of this plan was to build a well-appointed library and community center, which were completed and  More

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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 5 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 7 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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