2025 Compare Cities Education:
West Union, OH vs Columbus, OH

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Highlights
- Columbus spends 22.8% more per student than West Union.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.4% higher in Columbus than in West Union. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbus had 2.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to West Union
 West Union, OHColumbus, OHUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,851$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,195  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,973$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6944573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.13.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for West Union    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

it's a small town out in the country, not much to do for entertainment. they have a walmart and several fast food restaurants, and plenty of other small stores. you can  More

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Over 19 years ago

Great for low traffic, and mostly quiet neighborhoods. Job situation not so good. Road upkeep awful. Town seems to be slowly falling apart maintenance wise. City parks  More

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Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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