2025 Compare Cities Education:
Elkton, KY vs Plainfield, IL

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Highlights
- Plainfield spends 71.2% more per student than Elkton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.4% lower in Plainfield than in Elkton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Plainfield had 14.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Elkton
 Elkton, KYPlainfield, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,169$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,922  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,784$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14914573
 Students per Counselor640  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.15.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Elkton    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

I agree that Elkton is a great place to raise your children. I lived there many years and 2 of my children were born there, we moved about 2 years ago and my babies  More

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Elkton is a small town twenty minutes east of Hopkinsville, KY, twenty minutes northeast of Clarksville, TN, 45 minutes west of Bowling Green, KY, and one hour northwest  More

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Reviews for Plainfield    13 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Plenty of housing in Plainfield, Joliet, IL area but norm on rent for a three bedroom house is around $2000.00  More

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Over 12 years ago

We transferred from the East Coast to Chicagoland and did not know where to live....We have kids and did NOT want the excess (read Drug Problems) in Naperville....Our  More

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Over 12 years ago

Plainfield is a good place to live, housing is descent, low crime.   More

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