City: Toledo
State: Ohio
Best Cities Overall Rank: 89
About Toledo:
The Toledo Zoo has a hippoquarium.
Impressive numbers of high school graduates, top notch reading scores and expenditures per student give this city a thumbs up for education.
County: Lucas
Population: 293,201
Official website for city visitors' bureau/city: Visitors' bureau website
Newspaper with the largest circulation: Toledo Blade
Toledo blogs:
Toldeo Moms
Saving Money in Toldeo
Glass City Jungle
Toledo's Facebook page: Follow Toledo on Facebook
Toledo's Twitter page: Follow Toledo on Twitter
Education rank:6
High School graduation rate 2008: 86.70%
Blue Ribbon Schools, 2003-2009: 3
Blue Ribbon Schools per 100,000 people: 1.02
NEAYC-accredited preschools: 7
NAEYC schools per 100,000 people: 2.38
NAEP State proficiency reading, grade 8: 269
Pupil/Teacher Ratio: 14.7
Total Expenditures Per Student: $15,350
Health rank: 42
Quality children's hospitals: 2
Hospitals per 100,000 people: 0.68
Quality Pediatricians: 0
Quality Pediatricians per 100,000: 0
Average number of Unhealthy Air Quality days between 2006-2008, by county: 0.33
Safety rank: 94
Violent Crimes, 2008: 3,621
Violent Crime Rate per 100,000: 1,234.99
Sex Offenders: 1,156
Sex Offenders per 100,000: 394.27
Economy rank: 97
Travel time to work, 2006-2008, in minutes: 19.30
Percent of labor force unemployed, January 2010: 13.6
Best Performing Cities Job Index: 1,673.72
Median Home Sale Price: $66,400
5-Year Home Value Index: -5.27%
Percent of homes sold for a loss: 33.5%
Recreation Rank: 69
Parkland acreage, 2008 (includes pools and playgrounds): 2,206
Parkland per 100,000: 752.38
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