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Forest City, IA vs Waverly, IA

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- Waverly spends 3.8% less per student than Forest City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.2% higher in Waverly than in Forest City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Waverly had 2.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Forest City
 Forest City, IAWaverly, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,262$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,489  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,430$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.31  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4344573
 Students per Counselor368  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.7%1.5%
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Reviews for Waverly    3 Reviews
La · Columbus, GA
Clean and safe town with good amenities
Over 3 years ago

The city is very clean and safe. Nice, well kept parks and recreation areas. Bike trails wind throughout town and excellent public recreation center. Because of the  More

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Sam · Waverly, IA
It's Better than you'd think
Over 6 years ago

Waverly is a quite nice town, it has a nice amount of gas stations with reasonable prices and has 4 big name grocery stores. TBH it has one of everything. It has all  More

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john · Sacramento, CA
quiet little college town ...
Over 16 years ago

... it's Mayberry RFD  More

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