2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pikeville, KY vs Columbia, MO

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 14.2% more per student than Pikeville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.9% lower in Columbia than in Pikeville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 15.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Pikeville
 Pikeville, KYColumbia, MOUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,339  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,199$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4524573
 Students per Counselor359  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.3%1.5%
Reviews for Pikeville    5 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I've lived in the wonderful county of Pike for the past seven years. Originally I am from Morgan County, but when I met my husband I made the move to Pikeville. Seven  More

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Over 17 years ago

Not much to do in the area, there has been alot of prescription drug abuse, but not alot of major crimes as one user said, I do enjoy the area, people are friendly, the  More

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I have lived in Pikeville, Kentucky for 28 years and I have lived in 3 other cities. I think that Pikeville is a wonderful place to live. I have a strong religious  More

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Reviews for Columbia    41 Reviews

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

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I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  More

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