2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rock Island, IL vs Bettendorf, IA

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Highlights
- Bettendorf spends 15.6% less per student than Rock Island.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.9% lower in Bettendorf than in Rock Island. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bettendorf had 11.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rock Island
 Rock Island, ILBettendorf, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,502$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,861  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,161$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.16  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5234573
 Students per Counselor392  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Rock Island    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Poor school system 3. Not much to  More

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Rock Island has a varied background and contains many cultural and historic areas. It has been improving its school system and is in a metropolitan area which contains  More

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Over 19 years ago

I just moved here for work one year ago. Moving from San Francisco here was a shock but ultimatelly good. The community is a typical midwestern small town. It is part  More

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Reviews for Bettendorf    4 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

very low crime, great schools, housing costs-a decent house for family of 5 is around  More

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We are thinking of moving to the area (Iowa). I am an NC native, although we feel the need to move out due to huge influx of newcomers in this area from the northeast  More

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Over 18 years ago

We moved to Bettendorf when our son was in elementary school based on favorable comments about the schools from several friends in similar stages in their lives. We  More

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