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Peoria, IL vs Decatur, IL

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Highlights
- Decatur spends 15.4% less per student than Peoria.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.3% higher in Decatur than in Peoria. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Decatur had 0.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Peoria

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 Peoria, ILDecatur, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,100$14,460$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,520$12,532$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,533$6,704$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.4715.8216.23
 Students per Librarian321937214573
 Students per Counselor460771530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.1%7.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.8%90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.9%23.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.1%7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.0%21.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.6%5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.6%0.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Peoria    20 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

In my opinion Peoria is a great city and for it’s size it has a lot of amenities a big city would have such as a ballpark, civic center, many educational options, great  More

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Crime is rampant and you can't even visit parks anymore without fear of some gang drive-by.  More

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I lived in Peoria for nearly three years for work and I miss it terribly. The Peoria metropolitan area is by far one of the most underrated in the country. I think what  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 PEORIA, ILLINOIS
61604 61614 61615 61603 61605 61606 61602 61625
ZIPS IN DECATUR, ILLINOIS
62521 62526 62523

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