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Shawnee, OK vs Skiatook, OK

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Highlights
- Skiatook spends 12.6% more per student than Shawnee.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.7% lower in Skiatook than in Shawnee. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Skiatook had 1.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Shawnee
 Shawnee, OKSkiatook, OKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,511$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,382  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,870$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.15  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3534573
 Students per Counselor288  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Skiatook    5 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

My wife and I moved to Skiatook 4 years ago because I like to fish the nearby lake. While there are still some of the small town Oklahoma issues, the drug problem that  More

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I moved to Skiatook when I was six years old. It wasn't a bad little town in 1996. However, it is slowly going downhill. Although it does have a beautiful lake, with  More

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Over 17 years ago

I moved here in 1980 at 12 years old....I finished growing up here and raised my chldren here....I am now 40 and cant belive how this perfect all American town has  More

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