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Jacksonville, FL vs Decatur, IL

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Highlights
- Decatur spends 46.9% more per student than Jacksonville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.6% lower in Decatur than in Jacksonville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Decatur had 0.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Jacksonville

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 Jacksonville, FLDecatur, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,841$14,460$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,258$12,532$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,630$6,704$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.115.8216.23
 Students per Librarian222337214573
 Students per Counselor506771530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.7%7.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.3%90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.5%23.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.9%7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.2%21.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.2%5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.0%0.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Jacksonville    174 Reviews

I moved from a small town in Ohio around four years ago, I was 24 years old. Now, at 28, my outlook about living here has changed. I have came to the conclusion, that,  More

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I’ve lived in Jacksonville for 12+ years(but visited on and off much longer). There’s things I love and things I hate and just like any place there are pros and cons.  More

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We have been investigating Jax for a while. It looks like the Southside, Baymeadows and the further East you get is great. Any thoughts on moving to those areas, pretty  More

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Reviews for Decatur    14 Reviews

I was sent here by the company I worked for in the '90's and was not initially impressed with midwest living. However, over the years I got used to living in the "Pride  More

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I grew up in Decatur and I still have family there, but it depresses me to see what it has become. It has a high unemployment rate, many business have closed or are run  More

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Over 13 years ago

If you enjoy drinking & driving, Decatur's fifteen drive-thru liquor windows, three times the # of drive-thru's than the ten largest cities in Illinois, COMBINED, will  More

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ZIPS IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
32210, 32244, 32218, 32225, 32246, 32256, 32224, 32216, 32257, 32209, 31 total
ZIPS IN DECATUR, ILLINOIS
62521 62526 62523

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