2025 Compare Cities Education:
Decatur, IL vs Crossville, TN

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Highlights
- Crossville spends 35.9% less per student than Decatur.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.8% higher in Crossville than in Decatur. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Crossville had 5.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Decatur
 Decatur, ILCrossville, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,268$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,532  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,266$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5134573
 Students per Counselor771  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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 Crossville    6 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

We moved to Crossville because that is where God guided us. The people are very kind and very sweet the peace and quite is amazing we Love it here.  More

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Over 8 years ago

Checking crime rates and WOW! Don't think I've ever seen them ranked that high for both property and violent. Not even in California. Sad. You'd think a little mountain  More

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Over 8 years ago

First came to Crossville in the 1970s. Back then it was a cute little town. It's gone way downhill since then. Alarmingly high crime rate. The city council is run  More

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