2025 Compare Cities Education:
Glen Allen, VA vs Rockford, IL

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Highlights
- Rockford spends 27.4% more per student than Glen Allen.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.0% lower in Rockford than in Glen Allen. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rockford had 9.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Glen Allen
 Glen Allen, VARockford, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,393$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,642  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,283$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.28  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7954573
 Students per Counselor360  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Glen Allen    6 Reviews

Regardless of what review you read, no matter how much money you will save, it really does not count when you know that Virginia (a Commonwealth) believes they can stomp  More

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Over 15 years ago

Glen Allen is a wonderful city to live  More

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Over 16 years ago

we have lived here for almost 24 years and found the area to be a great place to live in general and to raiser the family. there are many things to do withon 20 miles  More

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Reviews for Rockford    54 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here my whole life . I love  More

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I was raised in the area and lived here 3/4 of my life. Rockford has definitely made efforts to bring events into the area so there are things to do and they have  More

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Over 6 years ago

Rockford has made great strides in the past 20 years. Downtown used to be a ghost town. Now, there are activities almost every weekend. City government has worked to  More

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