2025 Compare Cities Education:
Berea, KY vs Chicago, IL

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Highlights
- Chicago spends 102.7% more per student than Berea.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.8% lower in Chicago than in Berea. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chicago had 0.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Berea
 Berea, KYChicago, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,907$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,886  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,567$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.31  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14804573
 Students per Counselor527  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Berea    3 Reviews

Over 19 years ago

Berea is a great community and wonderful place to live. It is a small town atmosphere with beautiful mountains to hike and crafts to see. It is convenient to Lexington  More

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Over 19 years ago

Berea is a wonderful community were people greet you with a friendly smile. Located at exit 76 on I75 it is 45 minutes from Lexington Ky and 2 hrs out of Knoxville Tn.  More

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Over 19 years ago

berea is ok has a college, farming and decent  More

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Reviews for Chicago    270 Reviews

I've lived in Chicago city and later moved to suburbs when family size increased. Absolutely love this city. This is the cleanest and most beautiful among the major  More

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Chicago is probably the best value in a major city that you can find and my personal favorite city. It will become increasingly important as climate change makes the  More

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I've live on north side and south side, UIC medical center. Don't move here go to the north side. No good amenities, if you get bored with one there is no other choices.  More

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