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Iowa City, IA vs Fort Dodge, IA

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Highlights
- Fort Dodge spends 17.5% less per student than Iowa City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.8% higher in Fort Dodge than in Iowa City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Dodge had 8.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Iowa City
 Iowa City, IAFort Dodge, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,653$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,983  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,814$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.88  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14274573
 Students per Counselor398  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Fort Dodge    4 Reviews

Corrupt politicians always scheming to funnel public money to wealthy private interests, creating a welfare dependent economy that will be imploding sooner than later,  More

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Over 10 years ago

Before moving to the Fort Dodge area please consider other options. The city is a decaying town, streets have definitely seen better days and are filthy. There are not  More

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Over 15 years ago

I see that everyone is rather hard on Fort Dodge. I grew up and lived there until I married and (like a failed pioneer) moved east to Gettysburg, Pa. It was the best  More

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