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Decatur, IL vs Cathedral City, CA

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- Cathedral City spends 5.8% more per student than Decatur.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 47.7% higher in Cathedral City than in Decatur. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cathedral City had 12.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Decatur
 Decatur, ILCathedral City, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,296$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,532  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,941$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock249534573
 Students per Counselor771  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
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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Reviews for Cathedral City    3 Reviews

Cathedral City is cheaper than Palm Springs and a few other local cities. It has lovely mountain views. It's a decidely middle-middle class community, especially on  More

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Cathedral City enjoys the lowest crime rate in the entire Coachella  More

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Relatively because it depends on where you came from. We moved here from Denver. There's been one murder here this year. I feel rather safe in this area as far as  More

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