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Fort Madison, IA vs Clinton, IA

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Highlights
- Clinton spends 10.5% more per student than Fort Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.4% lower in Clinton than in Fort Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Clinton had 3.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Madison
 Fort Madison, IAClinton, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,074$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,242  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,597$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.57  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9964573
 Students per Counselor494  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.2%1.5%
Reviews for Fort Madison    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low crime rate 2. Extremely low cost of living and housing 3. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. Poor school system 2. Not very much to  More

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Over 19 years ago

The Mayor is Steve  More

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Reviews for Clinton    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

My family used to live here my dream home in  More

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Over 15 years ago

I have a love/hate relationship with Clinton. What I like most about Clinton is that it is a small town where you'll run into people you know everywhere you  More

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Over 16 years ago

the cost of liveing is nice and low because we all know eachother and we care about eachother and when i was just a youngin sean determan saved me from a burning  More

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