2024 Compare Cities Education:
Lawton, OK vs Cedar Falls, IA

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Highlights
- Cedar Falls spends 18.2% more per student than Lawton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.7% lower in Cedar Falls than in Lawton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cedar Falls had 8.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lawton
 Lawton, OKCedar Falls, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,500$13,594$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,703$11,640$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,333$7,498$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.611416.23
 Students per Librarian3076944573
 Students per Counselor306361530
 Grade School Educ.3.0%0.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.5%2.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.89.5%96.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.2%18.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.1%10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.6%48.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.1%13.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%4.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%3.2%1.5%
Reviews for Lawton    45 Reviews

If I could give this place less than a star I would. When we moved down here from Pennsylvania we expected southern hospitality. This town is so far from that its  More

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It's a military town with nothing to offer. People will say cheap gas, cheap property, decent climate and museums. Yes this is all true of Lawton Oklahoma, BUT that's  More

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The only good thing about Lawton is that it's close to a nice wildlife refuge, which has great hiking, and some buffalo. Lawton tricked U.S. businesses into coming into  More

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Reviews for Cedar Falls    7 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I lived in Cedar Falls while attending the University of Northern Iowa. It's a great college town. Main street is nice and there are plenty of restaurants to choose  More

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Over 11 years ago

We've lived in Cedar Falls since moving here from the great chicago land area in 2006. The school system in Cedar Falls and in Iowa in general if VERY strong.   More

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When I was preparing to moved to Cedar Falls, IA I was repeatedly met with the remark "IOWA!, what's there? corn?" But apart from the bitter winters, tornadoes, and  More

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