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Ottumwa, IA vs Greeley, CO

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Highlights
- Greeley spends 9.8% more per student than Ottumwa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.1% higher in Greeley than in Ottumwa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Greeley had 3.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ottumwa
 Ottumwa, IAGreeley, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,873$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,227  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,749$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7364573
 Students per Counselor441  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
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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Reviews for Greeley    34 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

ive lived here for a while and its pretty  More

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I lived in Greeley, CO during my undergraduate for 4 years. I recently moved to go receive my graduate degree elsewhere. However, there are so many ups and downs of this  More

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Over 5 years ago

I also have lived in Greeley for 5 yrs. Greeley is full of crime, drug users, and thief's. People are rude. An dont get me started on everyone excepting free hand  More

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