2025 Compare Cities Education:
Weiser, ID vs Independence, MO

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Highlights
- Independence spends 56.6% more per student than Weiser.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.7% lower in Independence than in Weiser. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Independence had 6.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Weiser
 Weiser, IDIndependence, MOUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,246$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,881  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,352$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8814573
 Students per Counselor358  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.30.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.14.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Weiser    3 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I love weiser the community always helps one another out. No one goes without. And it is very safe to raise children  More

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I would only give it one star except that their are some nice people there. There are many problems with this town. The City wants to make it a retirement community.  More

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Over 6 years ago

Only one grocery store no jobs and no public transportation and limited amount of police and their is an issue with racism in this town.it appears that the mayor and  More

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Reviews for Independence    10 Reviews

The ice age sent glaciers sweeping south, ending at what is the edge of the Missouri River. Independence, Missouri, has artesian water straight from this glacial melt  More

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Over 11 years ago

I've lived here pretty much all my life, and I have to say, I'm ready to get out. I'm not sure if the crime here has just skyrocketed over recent years, or if I was just  More

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Over 12 years ago

Independence, Missouri is just like any other fairly large, fairly old town. A city approaching 200 years old and having nearly 120,000 residents is going to have both  More

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