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Elko, NV vs Decatur, IL

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Highlights
- Decatur spends 9.1% more per student than Elko.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.9% lower in Decatur than in Elko. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Decatur had 6.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Elko
 Elko, NVDecatur, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,460$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,499  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,704$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.16  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock37214573
 Students per Counselor587  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 16 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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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 14 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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