2025 Compare Cities Education:
East Lansing, MI vs Naperville, IL

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Highlights
- Naperville spends 43.4% more per student than East Lansing.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.1% lower in Naperville than in East Lansing. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Naperville had 0.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to East Lansing
 East Lansing, MINaperville, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,018$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,728  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,697$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7094573
 Students per Counselor726  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%1.5%
Reviews for East Lansing    4 Reviews

East Lansing is a wonderful, lively, youthful college town that has gotten better over time. You feel the strong Spartan Spirit everywhere as students, alumni and locals  More

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East Lansing is noted for being the home of one of the first Land Grant colleges -- Michigan State University. MSU has an large campus with an enormous area of land  More

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Over 17 years ago

East Lansing is a very pretty town. The town has had frequent problems with student rioters. Overall 60% of the town is composed of students. I would recommend East  More

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Reviews for Naperville    26 Reviews

Naperville has a lot to offer. The schools are top notch, it is close to Chicago with a commuter rail that is easily accessible and fast, there are lots of parks and  More

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Over 3 years ago

Lived around the area my whole life, moved to the downtown Naperville 7 years ago and wow has it changed and not for the better. There is way too much traffic and no  More

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Over 7 years ago

Went with my real estate agent to check out a few houses in Naperville.First impression was the town was adorable especially the downtown but way too many people.couldnt  More

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