2025 Compare Cities Education:
Urbandale, IA vs Socorro, NM

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Highlights
- Socorro spends 33.9% more per student than Urbandale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.2% lower in Socorro than in Urbandale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Socorro had 12.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Urbandale
 Urbandale, IASocorro, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,143$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,894  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,313$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11174573
 Students per Counselor362  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.4%1.5%
Reviews for Urbandale    1 Reviews

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 Socorro    1 Reviews

Socorro County, New Mexico, is one of the largest counties in the state (6626 square miles)but with a population of only about 18 million. Most of the population  More

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