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Chico, CA vs Peoria, IL

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Highlights
- Peoria spends 10.9% more per student than Chico.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.9% lower in Peoria than in Chico. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Peoria had 2.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Chico
 Chico, CAPeoria, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,100$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,014  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,533$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock32194573
 Students per Counselor455  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 3 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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Reviews for Peoria    20 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

In my opinion Peoria is a great city and for it’s size it has a lot of amenities a big city would have such as a ballpark, civic center, many educational options, great  More

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Crime is rampant and you can't even visit parks anymore without fear of some gang drive-by.  More

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I lived in Peoria for nearly three years for work and I miss it terribly. The Peoria metropolitan area is by far one of the most underrated in the country. I think what  More

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