2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fresno, CA vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- Champaign spends 32.6% more per student than Fresno.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.2% lower in Champaign than in Fresno. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 19.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fresno
 Fresno, CAChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,227  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6624573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.1%1.5%
Reviews for Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  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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