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El Cajon, CA vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- Champaign spends 25.1% more per student than El Cajon.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 40.8% lower in Champaign than in El Cajon. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 9.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to El Cajon
 El Cajon, CAChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,161  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6624573
 Students per Counselor513  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.1%1.5%
Reviews for El Cajon    10 Reviews

Stay out of East El Cajon. The people that live there don't like  More

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Housing less expensive then San Diego, wages the same. A total package of people from different backgrounds (ethnic) which is  More

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El Cajon and La Mesa are about a dozen miles east of the Pacific Ocean. Fletcher Hills, in particular, is a community within El Cajon on the boarder of La Mesa/Mt.  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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