2025 Compare Cities Education:
Elmer, NJ vs Coal City, IL

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Highlights
- Coal City spends 30.0% less per student than Elmer.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.1% higher in Coal City than in Elmer. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Coal City had 2.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Elmer
 Elmer, NJCoal City, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,675$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,496  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,263$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock32894573
 Students per Counselor293  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Elmer    1 Reviews

Over 19 years ago

The area is very rural and relaxed. It is a nice place to raise your children. Yards are big and the roads are not  More

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Reviews for Coal City    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

No culture at all. Very rigid, uneducated, small town in  More

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Over 15 years ago

Coal City is a nice quiet little town where people mostly mind their own business. There are plenty of community events, this is a great place to live if you have young  More

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Over 16 years ago

What do the powers to be say in Coal City, Illinois, about the possibility that the very first airfield in the world was in Coal City. We need to speak to a Historian of  More

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