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Ottumwa, IA vs Belvidere, IL

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- Belvidere spends 62.4% more per student than Ottumwa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.6% lower in Belvidere than in Ottumwa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Belvidere had 8.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ottumwa
 Ottumwa, IABelvidere, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,038$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,227  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,655$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10054573
 Students per Counselor441  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Ottumwa    5 Reviews

Over 13 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 17 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 18 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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Reviews for Belvidere    4 Reviews

The town is full of gangs from chicago that spay paint everything. The police are like nazi storm troopers. The court system is full of good ole boys. The only honorable  More

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People from the Chicago suburbs can't believe the low cost of housing. Schools are good. Easy to go to the city or an  More

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Over 18 years ago

I recently moved back to Belvidere from the suburbs of Chicago. I am very happy to find that the cost of living is far cheaper than anyother place I have found in IL (&  More

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