2025 Compare Cities Education:
Champaign, IL vs Grass Valley, CA

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Highlights
- Grass Valley spends 8.8% more per student than Champaign.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 41.4% higher in Grass Valley than in Champaign. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Grass Valley had 1.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Champaign
 Champaign, ILGrass Valley, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,261$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,309$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.42  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock84024573
 Students per Counselor486  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 6 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 8 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 Grass Valley    15 Reviews

I've lived many places in California. I've now lived in Grass Valley for 2 years. Grass Valley and it's sister Nevada City are adorable little towns full of history and  More

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Grass valley has become a sad place to live. I was born and raised here and can no longer afford to raise my small family here. Look up the median annual wage and the  More

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I'm 25 years old and I've lived in this town all of my life, and I'm saving every single dollar I make to leave here and never come back. It's a shame, because at one  More

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