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Champaign, IL vs Rock Island, IL

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Highlights
- Rock Island spends 21.8% less per student than Champaign.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.0% higher in Rock Island than in Champaign. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rock Island had 7.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Champaign

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 Champaign, ILRock Island, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,461$15,998$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342$13,861$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,155$8,732$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4215.1616.23
 Students per Librarian66212824573
 Students per Counselor486392530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%8.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.1%86.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%27.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%21.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.19.1%5.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%1.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree8.1%1.1%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 Rock Island    3 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Poor school system 3. Not much to  More

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Rock Island has a varied background and contains many cultural and historic areas. It has been improving its school system and is in a metropolitan area which contains  More

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Over 18 years ago

I just moved here for work one year ago. Moving from San Francisco here was a shock but ultimatelly good. The community is a typical midwestern small town. It is part  More

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ZIPS IN CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS
61820 61821 61822
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61201

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