2025 Compare Cities Education:
San Clemente, CA vs Iowa City, IA

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Highlights
- Iowa City spends 16.2% more per student than San Clemente.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 40.2% lower in Iowa City than in San Clemente. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Iowa City had 2.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to San Clemente
 San Clemente, CAIowa City, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,755$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,669$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5004573
 Students per Counselor595  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.0%1.5%
Reviews for San Clemente    9 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

First, the big plus of San Clemente is the weather. It is wonderful and most of the time you can enjoy a variety of outdoor activities. Second, the area has a natural  More

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Over 17 years ago

2005, 2006, 2007 one homicide 2008  More

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Over 17 years ago

I first moved to San Clemente in 1974 from the Los Angeles area. Three things struck me at the time as being radically different than LA: Things closed down earlier,  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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