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Southern Pines, NC vs Cedar Falls, IA

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- Cedar Falls spends 34.5% more per student than Southern Pines.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.0% lower in Cedar Falls than in Southern Pines. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cedar Falls had 3.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Southern Pines
 Southern Pines, NCCedar Falls, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,594$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,542  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,498$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6944573
 Students per Counselor339  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.2%1.5%
Reviews for Southern Pines    1 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

It juest does not get any better than  More

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Reviews for Cedar Falls    7 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

I lived in Cedar Falls while attending the University of Northern Iowa. It's a great college town. Main street is nice and there are plenty of restaurants to choose  More

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Over 12 years ago

We've lived in Cedar Falls since moving here from the great chicago land area in 2006. The school system in Cedar Falls and in Iowa in general if VERY strong.   More

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When I was preparing to moved to Cedar Falls, IA I was repeatedly met with the remark "IOWA!, what's there? corn?" But apart from the bitter winters, tornadoes, and  More

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