2025 Compare Cities Education:
Forest Park, IL vs Decatur, IL

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Highlights
- Decatur spends 34.0% less per student than Forest Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.2% higher in Decatur than in Forest Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Decatur had 5.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Forest Park
 Forest Park, ILDecatur, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,460$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,704$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock37214573
 Students per Counselor481  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Forest Park    2 Reviews

Lived here in Forest Park since 2017, and I can safely say it’s getting worse. As a matter of fact, just 2 days ago while moving my stuff out of my old apartment, a  More

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Over 14 years ago

I've lived in Forest Park twice and love it. Convenience to Eisenhower and downtown or West Suburbs as I worked in Hillside. I was single male in late 20's with  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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