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Weatherford, OK vs Shawnee, OK

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Highlights
- Shawnee spends 1.8% more per student than Weatherford.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.6% lower in Shawnee than in Weatherford. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Shawnee had 3.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Weatherford
 Weatherford, OKShawnee, OKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,222$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,638  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,411$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4714573
 Students per Counselor299  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Weatherford    6 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Weatherford is large enough to have significant assets: hotels, museums, parks, walking trails, golf course, and Southwestern Oklahoma State University, which has  More

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Over 17 years ago

Weatherford is large enough to have significant assets: hotels, museums, parks, walking trails, golf course, and Southwestern Oklahoma State University, which has  More

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Over 17 years ago

Weatherford is large enough to have significant assets: hotels, museums, parks, walking trails, golf course, and Southwestern Oklahoma State University, which has  More

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Reviews for Shawnee    7 Reviews

I have lived in Shawnee for almost 4 years. It is a poor town. Yes, it has a Christian University (OBU) but the college does not influence the town much. St Gregory's  More

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I think this might have been ok, but I needed a different approach. I could have rented a place here - had some very open landlords that had some decent, affordable  More

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Over 16 years ago

I've lived in Shawnee for 23 years now and my family has been here since statehood in 1907. I find that Shawnee is a delightful town to live in! It has all of your basic  More

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