2025 Compare Cities Education:
Reading, MI vs Urbandale, IA

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Highlights
- Urbandale spends 24.4% more per student than Reading.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.4% lower in Urbandale than in Reading. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Urbandale had 18.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Reading
 Reading, MIUrbandale, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,293$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,666  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,373$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7994573
 Students per Counselor631  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.8.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
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I have lived in Urbandale for 10 years and I love it here. Urbandale is a great suburb to the capital city Des Moines. We are on the city border to Des Moines, Waukee,  More

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