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Marion, IL vs Magnolia, AR

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Highlights
- Magnolia spends 0.8% more per student than Marion.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.7% lower in Magnolia than in Marion. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Magnolia had 9.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Marion
 Marion, ILMagnolia, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,189$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,976  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,655$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6314573
 Students per Counselor542  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Marion    2 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

I moved from Marion, IL a short time ago and would like to explain what happened to me there. My house was shot by a BB gun several times and ruined some of the siding.  More

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Over 19 years ago

marion is a great place for young people to get going in thier lives. marion is also a great place to retire at. marion needs more young people spots and i think marion  More

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Reviews for Magnolia    4 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Yes, do they still lynch people here? I saw they had quite an instance of that in 1919. Enough  More

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Over 16 years ago

my family and i moved here from shreveport,la to be close to my mom.it was okay for the first couple of months,but after visiting ,mosquito breeding ground logoly state  More

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Over 18 years ago

The city of Magnolia is now building a new hospital called the Magnolia Regional Medical  More

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