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Ottawa, IL vs San Jose, CA

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Highlights
- San Jose spends 6.1% less per student than Ottawa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 73.0% higher in San Jose than in Ottawa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- San Jose had 6.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ottawa

Education
 Ottawa, ILSan Jose, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,606$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,911$14,141$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,957$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.4821.5916.23
 Students per Librarian144665284573
 Students per Counselor613646530
 Grade School Educ.2.1%8.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.7%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.1%85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.6%16.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.3%7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.2%45.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.3%14.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.6%2.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Ottawa    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Have all of the radiation sites been cleaned up? If not, did the tornado stir up and blast some radiation from these sites to other  More

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Over 10 years ago

Good location with low cost of living and close enough to Chicago and suburbs to take advantage of their  More

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Over 14 years ago

Although Ottawa is a very nice place to live, living here is becoming rediculous...as taxes go. I bought a house less then four years ago and my taxed went from  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 OTTAWA, ILLINOIS
61350
ZIPS IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
95123, 95127, 95111, 95112, 95122, 95116, 95125, 95124, 95148, 95136, 31 total

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