2025 Compare Cities Education:
Decatur, IL vs Louisville, CO

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Highlights
- Louisville spends 11.7% more per student than Decatur.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.2% higher in Louisville than in Decatur. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Louisville had 8.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Decatur
 Decatur, ILLouisville, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,153$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,532  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,939$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6194573
 Students per Counselor771  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.3%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 Louisville    3 Reviews

Louisville, CO has been a tremendous place for our family (2 kids, 9 and 12) to live. Small town living/values with nearly no crime, good locally owned  More

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I've lived in Louisville, Colo. for 11 years [and in the Front Range area, off & on, for more than 33 yrs.]. In my opinion, Louisville is scarcely affordable for  More

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Over 19 years ago

Louisville is a great place to live, it was rated in Money magazine has one of the best places, low crime, high education, community value, sense of pride. Home prices  More

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