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Champaign, IL vs Sun Lakes, AZ

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Highlights
- Sun Lakes spends 48.4% less per student than Champaign.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.9% higher in Sun Lakes than in Champaign. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sun Lakes had 3.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Champaign
 Champaign, ILSun Lakes, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.42  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor486  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.4%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 Sun Lakes    7 Reviews

Great place to live very inexpensive HOA great restaurants at half the price of regular house restaurant drinks half price Golf $35 you can’t beat the place and  More

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Over 6 years ago

Wow, this place sucka. Patrol is a joke with senile old men, CCRs not enforced unless you are a whiney loudmouth or on the board. Landscape committee. Cost us thousands  More

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Sun Lakes used to be a nice, quiet 55+ community but in the past few years it has become fallen victim to short term rentals, investors, speculators, house flippers and  More

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