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Goodyear, AZ vs Columbia, MO

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 34.8% more per student than Goodyear.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.9% lower in Columbia than in Goodyear. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 4.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Goodyear
 Goodyear, AZColumbia, MOUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,199$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4524573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.3%1.5%
Reviews for Goodyear    17 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

The best thing about Goodyear AZ is that it is NOT IN  More

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Over 5 years ago

everybody disliking az is a  More

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Over 6 years ago

Pros: there is jobs for all levels professional, entry level, and tons of manufactories, houses are beautiful, beautiful landscape, a lot stores, restaurants, a lot  More

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Reviews for Columbia    41 Reviews

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

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I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  More

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