2025 Compare Cities Education:
Deerfield, IL vs Ballwin, MO

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Highlights
- Ballwin spends 42.9% less per student than Deerfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.3% higher in Ballwin than in Deerfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ballwin had 0.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Deerfield
 Deerfield, ILBallwin, MOUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,953$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,875  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,927$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6324573
 Students per Counselor592  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.81.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%1.5%
Reviews for Deerfield    2 Reviews

We moved to Deerfield in 1994, and loved it so much we moved across town 16 years later. Top-ranked schools, excellent home values, and friendly neighbors are all big  More

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The school system is the reason we moved here 15 years ago. Great  More

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Reviews for Ballwin    8 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

August gets to 113 degrees with 98 % humidity. When you get out of the shower, you are wet from sweat! My chest whistles trying to get air. There is a January thaw which  More

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I am originally from the city of St. Louis. For the past twenty years, I have resided in west St. Louis county. I live in an established subdivision where the  More

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Over 12 years ago

Summers can be very nice at times, does not usually last for long. Our spring turns hot as summer rolls in and we can have long a stretch of above 90 to peaks of  More

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