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Troy, MI vs Iowa City, IA

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- Iowa City spends 16.9% more per student than Troy.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.4% lower in Iowa City than in Troy. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Iowa City had 0.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Troy
 Troy, MIIowa City, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,755$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,595  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,669$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5004573
 Students per Counselor537  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.0%1.5%
Reviews for Troy    9 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

, corruption is like  More

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Over 6 years ago

no one ever visited Troy, that writes this stuff,, Troy has a Black out, of any city corruption, most of the elected city are from the same zip code. and the heavy  More

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Over 8 years ago

This is the safest place to live in Michigan. The schools are ranked in the top of both the state and in the US. When our kids graduated 98% of the graduates went on  More

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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 5 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 7 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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