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Iowa City, IA vs Du Quoin, IL

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Highlights
- Du Quoin spends 17.0% less per student than Iowa City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.0% higher in Du Quoin than in Iowa City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Du Quoin had 12.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Iowa City
 Iowa City, IADu Quoin, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,735$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,983  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,059$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.88  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock04573
 Students per Counselor398  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%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 Du Quoin    1 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

One of the worse towns to live in. Boring little to nothing available to do. Most of the citizens in this town act as if there from Beverly hills or somewhere lots of  More

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