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Murray, KY vs Ottumwa, IA

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Highlights
- Ottumwa spends 1.7% less per student than Murray.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.0% lower in Ottumwa than in Murray. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ottumwa had 5.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Murray
 Murray, KYOttumwa, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,720$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,075  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,352$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7584573
 Students per Counselor302  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Murray    11 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

This is a town with 18,000 people and 15 banks. I had the law called on me for sitting at the end of washed out road, essentially a dead end, eating my meal and  More

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Over 13 years ago

I lived in Illinois for twenty years and have not had as many problems as I have had in the past four months living here in murray. There are alot of hateful people that  More

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Ive lived in murry for 5 years. Originally from Southern California. People say there is nothing to do in Murray. Well, if your looking for someone to entertain you  More

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Reviews for Ottumwa    5 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Ottumwa has a seemingly high rate of theft-related crimes as well as drug use which I'm sure correlates to the incidences of assault. For a community of 20-30,000, the  More

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Over 16 years ago

ottumwa, Iowa has no diverse culture. It is not very open especially when it comes to branching out to new ideas of others culture...The idea of culture here is the pro  More

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Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living and housing 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Very poor school system 3. Economically depressed 4.  More

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