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Sioux City, IA vs Council Bluffs, IA

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Highlights
- Council Bluffs spends 20.9% more per student than Sioux City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.2% lower in Council Bluffs than in Sioux City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Council Bluffs had 2.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sioux City
 Sioux City, IACouncil Bluffs, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,049$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,002  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,261$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5664573
 Students per Counselor460  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Sioux City    12 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I’ve been here only 4 months and I’m still shocked at how people behave. Not friendly, rude. Can’t tell you how many businesses I’ve been in to where the reception staff  More

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Climate in winter ranges from 10-15 degrees to 85+ in the summer 7% sale tax population @75,000, economy ok  More

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Over 14 years ago

Sioux City is an amazing place. Low crime rate, Great Schools, Great People, Most People are friendly and Polite. Just an overall great place to live!!!!!!!!!!!   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 9 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 15 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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