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Waverly, IA vs Dubuque, IA

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- Dubuque spends 6.2% more per student than Waverly.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.6% lower in Dubuque than in Waverly. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dubuque had 2.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Waverly
 Waverly, IADubuque, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,082$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,040  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,057$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock13064573
 Students per Counselor405  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Waverly    3 Reviews

The city is very clean and safe. Nice, well kept parks and recreation areas. Bike trails wind throughout town and excellent public recreation center. Because of the  More

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Waverly is a quite nice town, it has a nice amount of gas stations with reasonable prices and has 4 big name grocery stores. TBH it has one of everything. It has all  More

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... it's Mayberry RFD  More

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Reviews for Dubuque    15 Reviews

I have been here for 3 years. I enjoy it here. I travel all over the country for work. Dubuque is the perfect size of city for me. I was born and raised in the Pacific  More

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Over 5 years ago

I've lived in Dubuque for over 25 years. Dubuque is not a very good place to live if you are open minded and want to experience new things. Dubuque is an old town with  More

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Over 7 years ago

Dubuque, IA is a great town to live   More

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