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Plainfield, IL vs Dover, DE

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Highlights
- Dover spends 8.8% less per student than Plainfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.2% lower in Dover than in Plainfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dover had 7.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Plainfield

Education
 Plainfield, ILDover, DEUnited States
 Expend. per Student$18,169$16,576$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,222$14,812$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,784$8,755$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.4114.3816.23
 Students per Librarian149112064573
 Students per Counselor776357530
 Grade School Educ.1.8%2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%9.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.3%88.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.2%22.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.4%10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.5%25.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.15.3%9.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%1.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.9%1.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Plainfield    13 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Plenty of housing in Plainfield, Joliet, IL area but norm on rent for a three bedroom house is around $2000.00  More

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Over 11 years ago

We transferred from the East Coast to Chicagoland and did not know where to live....We have kids and did NOT want the excess (read Drug Problems) in Naperville....Our  More

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Over 11 years ago

Plainfield is a good place to live, housing is descent, low crime.   More

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Reviews for Dover    9 Reviews

Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other  More

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Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in  More

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Over 6 years ago

Dover, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I  More

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ZIPS IN PLAINFIELD, ILLINOIS
60585
ZIPS IN DOVER, DELAWARE
19901 19904 19902

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