2025 Compare Cities Education:
Iowa City, IA vs Buffalo Grove, IL

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Highlights
- Buffalo Grove spends 37.7% more per student than Iowa City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.3% lower in Buffalo Grove than in Iowa City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Buffalo Grove had 0.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Iowa City
 Iowa City, IABuffalo Grove, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,440$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,983  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,628$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.88  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10054573
 Students per Counselor398  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.2%1.5%
Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 5 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 7 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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Reviews for Buffalo Grove    7 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Numerous forest preserve areas with walking paths and places to play sports (baseball, soccer, football). Close driving distance to Lake Michigan and several  More

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nice town to raise a  More

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Over 17 years ago

No place is perfect however BG is at or near the top especially in schooling and crime prevention. Numerous parks and biking paths. A great place to raise a family safe  More

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