2025 Compare Cities Education:
Livingston, MT vs Iowa City, IA

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Highlights
- Iowa City spends 20.4% more per student than Livingston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.8% higher in Iowa City than in Livingston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Iowa City had 0.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Livingston
 Livingston, MTIowa City, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,755$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,643  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,669$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5004573
 Students per Counselor183  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.0%1.5%
Reviews for Livingston    6 Reviews

Livingston, and most all of the once conservative, patriotic, law-abiding and slow country atmosphere areas of Montana are all being targeted by the liberal masses.  More

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Over 10 years ago

Livingston is a unique town. It has a terrific setting on the Yellowstone River with high mountain ranges like the Absaroka, Gallatin, and Crazy Mountains on the  More

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Over 10 years ago

Livingston is a wonderful place to live. In the summer. But the wind in the winter is  More

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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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