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Shawnee, OK vs Mountain Home, AR

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Highlights
- Mountain Home spends 3.9% less per student than Shawnee.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.4% lower in Mountain Home than in Shawnee. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mountain Home had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Shawnee
 Shawnee, OKMountain Home, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,820$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,382  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,418$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.15  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6464573
 Students per Counselor288  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Shawnee    7 Reviews

I have lived in Shawnee for almost 4 years. It is a poor town. Yes, it has a Christian University (OBU) but the college does not influence the town much. St Gregory's  More

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I think this might have been ok, but I needed a different approach. I could have rented a place here - had some very open landlords that had some decent, affordable  More

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Over 16 years ago

I've lived in Shawnee for 23 years now and my family has been here since statehood in 1907. I find that Shawnee is a delightful town to live in! It has all of your basic  More

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Reviews for Mountain Home    14 Reviews

As for the haters- ANYONE should know something about ANY area before they jump in- if you do not do your research and purposely spend some time in any area before  More

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I lived in Mountain Home in the 60s ,70s, and part of the 80s. The biggest mistake I ever made was leaving there. I want to go back. We have smog, dirty air, fires from  More

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Over 7 years ago

First of all, let me head off some of the arguments that usually accompany critical reviews: the people who live here are for the most part, warm, welcoming, friendly  More

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