2025 Compare Cities Education:
Decatur, IL vs Newport, AR

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Highlights
- Newport spends 27.2% less per student than Decatur.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.7% lower in Newport than in Decatur. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Newport had 9.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Decatur
 Decatur, ILNewport, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,520$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,532  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,544$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5654573
 Students per Counselor771  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%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 Newport    2 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

While Arkansas prides itself on being the "land of opportunity" there are few luxuries. Long travel times are required to shop or do other recreational things since the  More

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What can I say about Newport? Well it is where I grew up and somewhere I call home. I have been away since November of 2000 and I have been back a few times only to  More

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