2025 Compare Cities Education:
Glen Carbon, IL vs Parker, CO

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Highlights
- Parker spends 8.9% less per student than Glen Carbon.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.8% higher in Parker than in Glen Carbon. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Parker had 0.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Glen Carbon
 Glen Carbon, ILParker, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,699$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,569  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,132$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9144573
 Students per Counselor1054  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Glen Carbon    2 Reviews

The weather is moderate. Lovely Fall, mild winter with occaisional snow. I own a shovel but the snow melts by the time I need to use it. Rather hot August. Thunderstorms  More

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Over 18 years ago

lots of students that come and  More

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Reviews for Parker    28 Reviews

I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here over 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small  More

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I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small CITY but  More

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Over 4 years ago

This is my 15th year in Parker, CO. Very nice initially. VERY EXPENSIVE to buy a home now. I rented all this time and despite making over $100,000 per year, cannot  More

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