2025 Compare Cities Education:
Glen Ellyn, IL vs Decatur, IL

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Highlights
- Decatur spends 34.3% less per student than Glen Ellyn.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.8% higher in Decatur than in Glen Ellyn. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Decatur had 6.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Glen Ellyn
 Glen Ellyn, ILDecatur, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,460$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,682  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,704$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.43  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock37214573
 Students per Counselor535  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 Decatur    14 Reviews

I was sent here by the company I worked for in the '90's and was not initially impressed with midwest living. However, over the years I got used to living in the "Pride  More

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I grew up in Decatur and I still have family there, but it depresses me to see what it has become. It has a high unemployment rate, many business have closed or are run  More

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Over 14 years ago

If you enjoy drinking & driving, Decatur's fifteen drive-thru liquor windows, three times the # of drive-thru's than the ten largest cities in Illinois, COMBINED, will  More

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