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Lawrence, KS vs Coralville, IA

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- Coralville spends 33.6% more per student than Lawrence.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.8% higher in Coralville than in Lawrence. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Coralville had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lawrence
 Lawrence, KSCoralville, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,755$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,316  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,669$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.77  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5004573
 Students per Counselor539  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.0%1.5%
Reviews for Lawrence    19 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I don't know why people have written negative reviews about Lawrence, but I have lived here for two years and love it. The quality of life is great - it is a college  More

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Over 12 years ago

Great college town, wonderful people and community. Fun  More

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Over 13 years ago

While I was a grad student at KU I lived in Lawrence, KS. I was unimpressed by the town and even less impressed by the over-inflated ego of its inhabitants. Let's be  More

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Reviews for Coralville    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

We are thinking of relocating from Florida. We are looking for a great place to raise our family. We also have lived here our entire 30years and would like not to have  More

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Over 19 years ago

Nice to the extreme. clean, safe, family oriented with fairly progressive local mucipal gov't. quite a bedroom community to University of Iowa and much of the renting  More

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