2025 Compare Cities Education:
Spirit Lake, IA vs Phoenix, AZ

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Highlights
- Phoenix spends 43.3% less per student than Spirit Lake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.1% higher in Phoenix than in Spirit Lake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Phoenix had 11.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Spirit Lake
 Spirit Lake, IAPhoenix, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,377  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor434  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Spirit Lake    1 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

We moved from a medium sized city in the West (about 100,000) to Spirit Lake a few years ago. Although it took a little while to get used to living in a small town  More

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Reviews for Phoenix    449 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

As someone that has worked in Phoenix for close to 20 years now. There is great areas to eat at, great opportunities for premium small businesses to set up shop and even  More

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Over 1 years ago

Phoenix is a city of potential and definitely has a bad reputation that is not completely deserved all throughout the city itself. There is tons of things to do, places  More

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Phoenix has tons of the best places to shop and eat at bar none due to it being the big city. Downtown is definitely underrated. There also is some nice new developments  More

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