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Decatur, IL vs Victoria, TX

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Highlights
- Victoria spends 28.7% less per student than Decatur.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.6% lower in Victoria than in Decatur. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Victoria had 7.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Decatur

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 Decatur, ILVictoria, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,460$10,309$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,532$9,722$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,704$5,764$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8215.2516.23
 Students per Librarian37217334573
 Students per Counselor771360530
 Grade School Educ.2.6%7.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.4%10.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.0%82.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.9%22.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.6%10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.1%20.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.9%4.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%1.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.8%0.7%1.5%

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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 13 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 Victoria    8 Reviews

I’ve been living here since 2016 after living in two metropolitan cities. Let’s start with good: Good is there is a variety of elementary schools for such a medium sized  More

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Over 3 years ago

These reviews are very old so here's an update. I had my pick in south Texas to live and found this small city. My wife and I love it. It's in the middle of major  More

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Over 12 years ago

Used to live in Victoria but raising a family there was terrible. We were secluded in our development but when the kids got out into public schools even at the low  More

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ZIPS IN DECATUR, ILLINOIS
62521 62526 62523
ZIPS IN VICTORIA, TEXAS
77901 77904

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