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Safford, AZ vs Council Bluffs, IA

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- Council Bluffs spends 51.9% more per student than Safford.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.7% lower in Council Bluffs than in Safford. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Council Bluffs had 3.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Safford
 Safford, AZCouncil Bluffs, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,049$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,896  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,261$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5664573
 Students per Counselor619  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.31.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Safford    3 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

The newest percentage of unemployment in Graham County is 8.6 percent in mid-2012 , which is down quite a bit from 11.3 in  More

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Over 18 years ago

Safford and Graham county have only 2 seasons, summer and not summer. Too hot from june 1st through september. Allergies are a problem in this area due to dirty air and  More

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Our teachers are overwhelmed and most classes that I am aware of have at least 23 or more students. Some class sizes are reported to be above 30 per teacher. Our town  More

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Reviews for Council Bluffs    4 Reviews

It's an okay city. Nothing special really. All the fun things to do and good restaurants are across the river in Omaha. I will say CB has some pretty good recreational  More

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Over 10 years ago

Quietly over the years this community has taken untold amounts of riverfront casino tax dollars and converted them into hundreds and hundreds of community improvement  More

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Over 16 years ago

here in council bluffs iowa, we have low crime rate. There have been an increase in shopping areas in the last 2 years and lots of new resturants and three casinos. It  More

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