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Crystal Lake, IL vs Castle Rock, CO

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Highlights
- Castle Rock spends 32.8% less per student than Crystal Lake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.2% higher in Castle Rock than in Crystal Lake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Castle Rock had 2.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Crystal Lake
 Crystal Lake, ILCastle Rock, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,699$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,554  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,132$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.74  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9144573
 Students per Counselor578  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Crystal Lake    7 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Great area for recreational boating, fishing and biking. Great place to involve your kids as there are lots of opportunities' for football, baseball and dance. For  More

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Over 12 years ago

I have been living here for 12 years. It's a nice community with friendly people, but I hate the weather. It feels like winter is 6 months long with many overcast days,  More

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Over 12 years ago

A nice place to raise a family, but not a lot of diversity. We are looking to move from here and searching in the Colorado  More

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Reviews for Castle Rock    12 Reviews

My fiance and I moved here in 2018 shortly after finishing college. I work in Colorado Springs and she works in the Denver area, so Castle Rock was practically our only  More

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Over 7 years ago

I have always been mobile for my career, until I moved to Castle Rock. I've lived in in multiple cities in the Midwest including Chicago and have visited nearly every  More

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Over 11 years ago

we have four seasons, and the rockies are only two hrs.away. so for the outdoors enthusist sking or hiking is like no other place you have been or seen it is hard to  More

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