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Champaign, IL vs San Jose, CA

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Highlights
- San Jose spends 10.1% less per student than Champaign.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 60.9% higher in San Jose than in Champaign. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- San Jose had 9.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Champaign

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 Champaign, ILSan Jose, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,461$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342$14,141$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,155$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4221.5916.23
 Students per Librarian66265284573
 Students per Counselor486646530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%8.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.1%85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%16.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%45.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.19.1%14.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree8.1%2.8%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 San Jose    90 Reviews

I've lived in west San Jose/Cambrian, between Los Gatos and Almaden SJ since 1997. This side of town somehow avoided the erosion of the American dream. Houses are  More

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I lived in San Jose for 40 years. That’s during the most exciting time when the Silicon Valley was booming with real technology and San Jose was ranked as the safest big  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in San Jose, CA for 25 years. This city is being over run with crime and gangs. The cost of living is very high. Granted, you are so close to mountains,  More

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ZIPS IN CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS
61820 61821 61822
ZIPS IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
95123, 95127, 95111, 95112, 95122, 95116, 95125, 95124, 95148, 95136, 31 total

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