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Great Falls, MT vs Council Bluffs, IA

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- Council Bluffs spends 9.1% more per student than Great Falls.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.5% higher in Council Bluffs than in Great Falls. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Council Bluffs had 6.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Great Falls
 Great Falls, MTCouncil Bluffs, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,049$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,278  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,261$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.88  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5664573
 Students per Counselor336  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Great Falls    22 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I grew up here. The lack of educational opportunities and adequate work opportunities made it extremely difficult to thrive. Upon leaving to the nearest metropolitan  More

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Please do not move to Great Falls if you are a liberal. Don't make a great red place go blue and ruin one of the last best unspoiled country places not yet destroyed by  More

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Over 4 years ago

I lived in Great Falls from 2012-2015 and could not leave fast enough! We lived near the downtown area (which you think would be nice with a $1200/month rent...) where  More

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Reviews for Council Bluffs    4 Reviews

It's an okay city. Nothing special really. All the fun things to do and good restaurants are across the river in Omaha. I will say CB has some pretty good recreational  More

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Over 9 years ago

Quietly over the years this community has taken untold amounts of riverfront casino tax dollars and converted them into hundreds and hundreds of community improvement  More

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Over 15 years ago

here in council bluffs iowa, we have low crime rate. There have been an increase in shopping areas in the last 2 years and lots of new resturants and three casinos. It  More

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