2024 Compare Cities Education:
Ottumwa, IA vs Sioux Falls, SD

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Highlights
- Sioux Falls spends 4.8% more per student than Ottumwa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.1% higher in Sioux Falls than in Ottumwa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sioux Falls had 7.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Ottumwa
 Ottumwa, IASioux Falls, SDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,720$12,280$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,227$9,276$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,352$5,595$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.515.3916.23
 Students per Librarian75824904573
 Students per Counselor441359530
 Grade School Educ.6.5%2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.9%3.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.86.6%93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%20.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.7%12.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.6%36.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.7%8.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%2.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.9%1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Ottumwa    5 Reviews

Over 11 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 15 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 16 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 Sioux Falls    56 Reviews

I've lived in Sioux Falls for 2 years. I've found it to be a good place to live. The city is not too big, and has an thriving economy. Traffic is not bad, but as the  More

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Sioux Falls isn’t as bad as people make it out to be. I’ve lived here for 2 years and my experience has been pleasant. Sioux Falls is a decent sized city, not too big or  More

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Over 3 years ago

Lived on both sides of the city (it's split up by east side and west side by the locals and they're kinda in competition with each other). I've been here for 3 years and  More

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