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Marion, IN vs Peru, IN

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- Peru spends 13.2% less per student than Marion.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.4% higher in Peru than in Marion. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Peru had 3.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Marion
 Marion, INPeru, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,674$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,379  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,166$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6004573
 Students per Counselor1540  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.2%1.5%
Reviews for Marion    3 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Let me start off with a positive tone. Marion is blessed by its surrounding small towns. if you like to just drive and the beautifully manicured farms of corn and soy,  More

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Over 16 years ago

Kokomo, in water rendered undrinkable: I miss my home town water....Marion,  More

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Over 17 years ago

I found that the water would give me a bad case of diarhea. nothing more unpleasent than that. I lived there four two years and after a awhile I figured maybe it was the  More

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Reviews for Peru    8 Reviews

Snowy cold weather like the north with inbred hillbillies like the south. This town is truly the worst of both worlds. Dumb, uneducated white trash is the norm, not the  More

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It's a small northern Indiana town. That's pretty much all you can say. I can't speak for the city schools, but my experience at Maconaquah was good, especially after  More

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Over 7 years ago

PERU IS A GREAT PLACE...NOT SO GREAT THO IF YOU ARE YOUNG AND LOOKING FOR A HIGH PAYING JOB...WE ARE ALMOST RETIRED...ITS A LAYED BACK TOWN...WITH ONE DYING EXPENSIVE  More

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