2025 Compare Cities Education:
Coal City, IL vs Coal City, WV

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- Coal City spends 19.7% less per student than Coal City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.2% lower in Coal City than in Coal City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Coal City had 23.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Coal City
 Coal City, ILCoal City, WVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,582$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,741  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,987$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.11  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock35994573
 Students per Counselor774  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock70.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock1.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock0.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Coal City    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

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

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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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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 Coal City    1 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Don’t move to WV. Especially not this area. If anywhere move to the northern part of the state. The only thing around here are drugs and alcoholics. You will ruin your  More

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