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Champaign, IL vs Decatur, IL

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Highlights
- Decatur spends 29.3% less per student than Champaign.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.9% higher in Decatur than in Champaign. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Decatur had 4.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Champaign

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 Champaign, ILDecatur, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,461$14,460$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342$12,532$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,155$6,704$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4215.8216.23
 Students per Librarian66237214573
 Students per Counselor486771530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%7.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.1%90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%23.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%21.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.19.1%5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree8.1%0.8%1.5%

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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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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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