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Rockford, IL vs Fontana, CA

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Highlights
- Fontana spends 10.5% less per student than Rockford.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.0% higher in Fontana than in Rockford. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fontana had 7.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rockford

Education
 Rockford, ILFontana, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,393$14,673$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,358$13,060$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,283$7,933$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.922.7416.23
 Students per Librarian795131664573
 Students per Counselor524531530
 Grade School Educ.6.2%11.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%10.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.84.5%78.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%22.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.4%6.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.2%19.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.9%4.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%0.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.6%0.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Rockford    54 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I've lived here my whole life . I love  More

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I was raised in the area and lived here 3/4 of my life. Rockford has definitely made efforts to bring events into the area so there are things to do and they have  More

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Over 5 years ago

Rockford has made great strides in the past 20 years. Downtown used to be a ghost town. Now, there are activities almost every weekend. City government has worked to  More

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Reviews for Fontana    10 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I bought a house in North Fontana 13 years ago and I was the worst thing I ever did Fontana is trash dirty Rundown graffiti everywhere broken down cars and OMG I'm sick  More

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I was born and raised here and I used to love it, but now I am moving out of it. The truth is that the climate is becoming way too hot. Sure, Fontana has always been  More

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Over 14 years ago

best cop ever, james chick payne!most well built sr. citizen, John Yarros. all gone but not  More

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ZIPS IN ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
61109 61103 61104
ZIPS IN FONTANA, CALIFORNIA
92335 92336 92337

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