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Champaign, IL vs Indianapolis, IN

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Highlights
- Indianapolis spends 29.1% less per student than Champaign.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.0% higher in Indianapolis than in Champaign. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Indianapolis had 8.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Champaign

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 Champaign, ILIndianapolis, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,461$14,503$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342$11,754$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,155$6,672$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4217.7116.23
 Students per Librarian6629314573
 Students per Counselor486613530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%8.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.1%86.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%18.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%32.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.19.1%8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%2.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree8.1%1.2%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 Indianapolis    153 Reviews

No car? This city is built for cars. Not friendly to pedestrians; the lack of sidewalks is confounding. Public transportation is limited, with a "spoke wheel" layout  More

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Over 3 years ago

This is a response to another review, but everything I say here is true and I have been a lifelong Indy resident and feel this needs said. The only factual part is  More

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Over 3 years ago

Housing is overpriced unless you want to live in a **** hole with cockroaches, mold, cars broken into. There's way too many potholes. Theres a deadly shooting everyday.  More

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