2025 Compare Cities Education:
Champaign, IL vs Orange Beach, AL

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Highlights
- Orange Beach spends 36.5% less per student than Champaign.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.1% higher in Orange Beach than in Champaign. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Orange Beach had 2.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Champaign
 Champaign, ILOrange Beach, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,984$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,183$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.42  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6014573
 Students per Counselor486  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Orange Beach    3 Reviews

There is a great divide I agree but I live in Orange Beach and we are lower middle class and are quite happy. There are several things to do for families and with a  More

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Over 15 years ago

There is a great divide in rich and poor but I live in Orange Beach and we are lower middle class and are quite happy. There are several things to do for families and  More

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This area is heavily populated with ostentatious elitists. It is growing rapidly and, because it is so expensive to live here now, it seems to only be attracting the  More

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