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Houston, TX vs Ottumwa, IA

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Highlights
- Ottumwa spends 8.6% less per student than Houston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.3% lower in Ottumwa than in Houston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ottumwa had 9.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Houston
 Houston, TXOttumwa, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,720$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,352$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7584573
 Students per Counselor473  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Houston    371 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I moved to Houston from the San Francisco Bay area in 1991 after college but I have always had family here. Houston is not what you think of when you think of Texas  More

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Over 3 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Over 3 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Reviews for Ottumwa    5 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Ottumwa has a seemingly high rate of theft-related crimes as well as drug use which I'm sure correlates to the incidences of assault. For a community of 20-30,000, the  More

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Over 16 years ago

ottumwa, Iowa has no diverse culture. It is not very open especially when it comes to branching out to new ideas of others culture...The idea of culture here is the pro  More

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Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living and housing 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Very poor school system 3. Economically depressed 4.  More

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