2025 Compare Cities Education:
Springfield, OR vs Columbia, MO

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 2.3% less per student than Springfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.7% lower in Columbia than in Springfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 6.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Springfield
 Springfield, ORColumbia, MOUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,107  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,199$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4524573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.31.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.3%1.5%
Reviews for Springfield    5 Reviews

When I moved to Springfield with my family, we came from the north so didn't we didn't experience the scathing hatred Californians might encounter. Even so, not being a  More

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I lived her from Sept 2012 to Dec 2018. It was ok at first. Over the years the whole area has become.more and more unfriendly to moderate democrats, centrist or  More

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Over 14 years ago

How is it in Springfield ? Is it hard to get started in that town? How is the work  More

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Reviews for Columbia    41 Reviews

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

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I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  More

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