2025 Compare Cities Education:
Columbia, MO vs Villa Park, IL

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Highlights
- Villa Park spends 54.7% more per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.0% higher in Villa Park than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Villa Park had 2.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MOVilla Park, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,018$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,303  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,697$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7094573
 Students per Counselor260  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Columbia    41 Reviews

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

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I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  More

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Reviews for Villa Park    2 Reviews

Villa Park is a great location in proximity to O’Hare international Airport to the North, the city proper of Chicago to the East, The area of Palos of great hiking and  More

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Over 16 years ago

I have one child that has been in school here K-5 and she has had excellant teachers. Another child is in her first year of grade 8. For that I can say the education is  More

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