2025 Compare Cities Education:
Iowa City, IA vs Ontario, OR

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Highlights
- Ontario spends 7.0% less per student than Iowa City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.6% higher in Ontario than in Iowa City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ontario had 19.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Iowa City
 Iowa City, IAOntario, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,521$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,983  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,775$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.88  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12474573
 Students per Counselor398  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Ontario    6 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Dirty officers. You tell them where to look for drugs but because they know the family they don't bother doing anything about it. Don't trust the  More

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Ontario Oregon is full of illegal immigrants who refuse to learn English and leach off the welfare system the police and ice refuse to deport these criminals Meth use  More

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Over 11 years ago

In reply to "Crime in Ontario," It's too bad that when a Hispanic culture moves in to a nice little town, your crime rate goes up and property values go down. And  More

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