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Coal City, IL vs Cedar Lake, IN

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- Cedar Lake spends 16.7% less per student than Coal City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.5% higher in Cedar Lake than in Coal City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cedar Lake had 0.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Coal City
 Coal City, ILCedar Lake, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,054$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,741  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,605$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.11  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4354573
 Students per Counselor774  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.1%1.5%
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Reviews for Coal City    4 Reviews
est · Coal City, IL
None.
Over 13 years ago

No culture at all. Very rigid, uneducated, small town in  More

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Amy · Coal City, IL
Life in Coal City :)
Over 15 years ago

Coal City is a nice quiet little town where people mostly mind their own business. There are plenty of community events, this is a great place to live if you have young  More

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Walt  · Hampshire, IL
Airfield History
Over 16 years ago

What do the powers to be say in Coal City, Illinois, about the possibility that the very first airfield in the world was in Coal City. We need to speak to a Historian of  More

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Reviews for Cedar Lake    1 Reviews
jmg · Cedar Lake, IN
Small Town Friendly
Over 14 years ago

Town of approx 14500 residents that increases to possible 20000 persons in summer due to clean beautiful lake,friendly small community feel with Chicago located just 30  More

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