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Prior Lake, MN vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- Champaign spends 21.1% more per student than Prior Lake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.3% lower in Champaign than in Prior Lake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 3.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Prior Lake

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 Prior Lake, MNChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,898$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,057$15,342$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,322$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.2213.4216.23
 Students per Librarian8336624573
 Students per Counselor770486530
 Grade School Educ.0.6%1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%4.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.4%94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.1%18.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.13.3%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.3%51.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.2%19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%4.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.2%8.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Prior Lake    3 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Prior Lake is an amazing place to raise a family and to live. The city puts a lot of money into community events that are almost always free or of low cost. From the  More

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Over 14 years ago

A beautiful, quiet, friendly community built around a lovely good sized lake. Prior Lake is only a short drive away from many fun and exciting cultural, sporting,  More

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We actually live in Credit River Township, but our mailing address is Prior Lake. Our real estate taxes help pay for the schools in Prior Lake, but, in Credit River  More

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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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ZIPS IN PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA
55372
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61820 61821 61822

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