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Austin, TX vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- Champaign spends 3.4% more per student than Austin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.6% lower in Champaign than in Austin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 3.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Austin

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 Austin, TXChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,780$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,538$15,342$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,081$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5313.4216.23
 Students per Librarian8056624573
 Students per Counselor391486530
 Grade School Educ.5.3%1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%4.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.6%94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%18.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.4%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.1%51.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.9%19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%4.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.6%8.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

This Year

Good place to visit.  More

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Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

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The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  More

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Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

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Over 7 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  More

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ZIPS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total
ZIPS IN CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS
61820 61821 61822

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