2025 Compare Cities Education:
Chatham, IL vs Pontoon Beach, IL

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Highlights
- Pontoon Beach spends 10.5% less per student than Chatham.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.6% higher in Pontoon Beach than in Chatham. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pontoon Beach had 12.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Chatham
 Chatham, ILPontoon Beach, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,939$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,996  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,302$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock58374573
 Students per Counselor860  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Chatham    1 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Over all very good. Usually just a few severe storms and two or three heavy snow falls (8in). Seldomly snows be for Christmas. Most of the severe weather happens just  More

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Reviews for Pontoon Beach    2 Reviews

The worst police department ever. Juvenile office hates kids even more than he hates everyone else. No time to deal with real crime because they are too busy writing  More

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If I had it to do over, I would never move into this  More

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