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Urbandale, IA vs Greenwood, IN

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- Greenwood spends 9.9% less per student than Urbandale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.8% higher in Greenwood than in Urbandale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Greenwood had 4.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Urbandale
 Urbandale, IAGreenwood, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,885$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,894  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,366$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6624573
 Students per Counselor362  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
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Reviews for Urbandale    1 Reviews
Michelle · Urbandale, IA
Urbandale is a great place to live!
Over 4 years ago

I have lived in Urbandale for 10 years and I love it here. Urbandale is a great suburb to the capital city Des Moines. We are on the city border to Des Moines, Waukee,  More

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Reviews for Greenwood    8 Reviews
Erin · Greenwood, IN
Don’t take this Gem for granted!
Over 6 years ago

I have lived in Greenwood 23 of my 35 years. Both as a child and as an adult with children. Recently my husband & I relocated to York, PA.... a city of a similar size.  More

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Doolin · Greenwood, IN
Working hard to ESCAPE is redneck town
Over 7 years ago

Greenwood has a mall, a bunch of fast food joints and tons of right-wing, Trump loving 'necks' to fill them. I often have to remind myself that this is technically the  More

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Candess · Dallas, TX
4 Beautiful distinct seasons
Over 8 years ago

Nice long Spring and Fall seasons. Beautiful fall colors. Summers can be rather hot and humid, but never miserable like those I have experienced in Texas and  More

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