2025 Compare Cities Education:
Clearfield, UT vs Decatur, IL

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Highlights
- Decatur spends 51.0% more per student than Clearfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.4% lower in Decatur than in Clearfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Decatur had 0.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Clearfield
 Clearfield, UTDecatur, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,460$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,866  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,704$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.77  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock37214573
 Students per Counselor480  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Clearfield    3 Reviews

I am 65. I was born here and spent most of my life here. Don't bother! It wasn't always this way. But city government is a joke.....except when they have their hand out.  More

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Over 17 years ago

If you like small towns, this is the place for you, there is plenty of work, the growth here in the city is off the charts. On the other hand, if you are looking for  More

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Over 19 years ago

Very nice, peaceful town. A lot of Police! They are bored I think, they pull you over for going 2 miles over the speed  More

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Reviews for Decatur    14 Reviews

I was sent here by the company I worked for in the '90's and was not initially impressed with midwest living. However, over the years I got used to living in the "Pride  More

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I grew up in Decatur and I still have family there, but it depresses me to see what it has become. It has a high unemployment rate, many business have closed or are run  More

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Over 14 years ago

If you enjoy drinking & driving, Decatur's fifteen drive-thru liquor windows, three times the # of drive-thru's than the ten largest cities in Illinois, COMBINED, will  More

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