2024 Compare Cities Education:
New Braunfels, TX vs Iowa City, IA

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Highlights
- Iowa City spends 19.0% more per student than New Braunfels.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.4% lower in Iowa City than in New Braunfels. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Iowa City had 6.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to New Braunfels
 New Braunfels, TXIowa City, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,915$17,755$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,548$11,983$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,215$7,669$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.0313.8816.23
 Students per Librarian8525004573
 Students per Counselor465398530
 Grade School Educ.4.0%1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%1.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.6%97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.5%16.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.3%7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.5%59.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.9%17.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%5.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%8.0%1.5%
Reviews for New Braunfels    11 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I have lived in this awesome city for the past 2 years and believe it’s best described as either a breath of fresh air or a slice of heaven on earth.  More

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Diana · 

I moved here in 2001 due to a work transfer. It was small and quaint then. Today, there are too many people for the infrastructure, water resources, and schools. The  More

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I lived in NB for only about 4 months because of the extreme reaction I had to the cement polution in the area. There are two large cement plants to the north and south  More

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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 4 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 4 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 6 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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