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Champaign, IL vs Binghamton, NY

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Highlights
- Binghamton spends 34.1% more per student than Champaign.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.4% lower in Binghamton than in Champaign. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Binghamton had 8.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Champaign

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 Champaign, ILBinghamton, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,461$27,434$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342$22,458$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,155$14,765$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4212.6916.23
 Students per Librarian66213294573
 Students per Counselor486307530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%9.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.1%86.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%18.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%28.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.19.1%9.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%2.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree8.1%1.6%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Binghamton    29 Reviews

Marg · 

Very cool place with loads of popular restaurants (some award winning), hiking, winter activities/sports, fishing, boating, central location -making it SO EASY for  More

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Over 3 years ago

I can't understand the strong negativity, at least not totally. I have been here for a while now and have been (years ago). Back in the big recession there were some  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in this area my whole life-all 23 years of it. Even in my lifetime about half the businesses I remember are now boarded up often with no replacements. So many  More

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ZIPS IN CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS
61820 61821 61822
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13905 13903 13904

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