2025 Compare Cities Education:
Glen Ellyn, IL vs Appleton, WI

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Highlights
- Appleton spends 42.7% less per student than Glen Ellyn.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.8% higher in Appleton than in Glen Ellyn. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Appleton had 2.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Glen Ellyn
 Glen Ellyn, ILAppleton, WIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,610$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,682  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,972$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.43  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4784573
 Students per Counselor535  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Glen Ellyn    2 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

My husband and I moved to Glen Ellyn from Chicago in 1993 when our first child was born. One thing you should know about GE is that it is spread out and there is an "in  More

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My husband and I are life long residents of the Chicago area and have lived in Glen Ellyn since 1998. It is a comfortable, walkable, old fashion neighborhood where you  More

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Reviews for Appleton    23 Reviews

Just to clarify my earlier review, the people are generally unfriendly, except the overweight women( 90% of women here) are friendly. Tailgatings on 1-41 an 441 is very  More

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Over 7 years ago

Women here are very heavy. People are rude here, will cut you off in public and not say a word. People at the gym walk in and do not even look at you, even though you  More

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Over 8 years ago

Something is happening in Appleton. The place used to be called the shopping capital of Wisco. But, slowly this rather commercial-sounding moniker is being replaced by  More

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