2025 Compare Cities Education:
Park City, UT vs Iowa City, IA

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- Iowa City spends 17.8% more per student than Park City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.8% lower in Iowa City than in Park City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Iowa City had 0.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Park City
 Park City, UTIowa City, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,755$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,556  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,669$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5004573
 Students per Counselor340  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.66.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.0%1.5%
Reviews for Park City    12 Reviews

I lived in Park City for 6 years. Vail purchase of resort(s) and capacity reached in school system have caused a real estate bubble, in my opinion, with 500-1,000 per  More

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we have lived there off and on for 27 years and love it in the winter and summer, the muddy months starting in april are not so good but we head back to calif. at that  More

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Over 9 years ago

I like this town  More

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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 5 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 5 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 7 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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