2025 Compare Cities Education:
Galveston, TX vs Rock Island, IL

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Highlights
- Rock Island spends 20.3% more per student than Galveston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.0% lower in Rock Island than in Galveston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rock Island had 1.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Galveston
 Galveston, TXRock Island, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,998$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,827  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,732$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12824573
 Students per Counselor409  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Galveston    11 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Your intro page for Galveston, Texas shows the location as: Location: Southeast Texas, 50 miles inland from the Gulf Coast I'd like to let you know that Galveston (not  More

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Galveston is one of the friendliest, relaxing invigorating places my family and I have visited. My children love this island, and we are considering moving here.  More

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I was born on the island in 1948 and graduated from Ball High in 1966. Growing up on the island was a lot of fun and the island was clean and safe. I have seen the  More

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Reviews for Rock Island    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Poor school system 3. Not much to  More

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Rock Island has a varied background and contains many cultural and historic areas. It has been improving its school system and is in a metropolitan area which contains  More

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Over 19 years ago

I just moved here for work one year ago. Moving from San Francisco here was a shock but ultimatelly good. The community is a typical midwestern small town. It is part  More

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