2025 Compare Cities Education:
Dixon, IL vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- Champaign spends 7.5% less per student than Dixon.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.8% lower in Champaign than in Dixon. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 10.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Dixon
 Dixon, ILChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,038  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6624573
 Students per Counselor491  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.1%1.5%
Reviews for Dixon    2 Reviews

Moved out of the Chicago Suburbs 16 years ago and won't go back. Housing is low cost, everything from gas prices to home prices lower than the suburbs and you can get  More

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Over 16 years ago

The economy here is not as good as everyone says it is. There are no jobs here, and the ones a person does find are low paying and/or temporary. The city government  More

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Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

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Over 8 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  More

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