2025 Compare Cities Education:
Grand Rapids, MI vs Oak Lawn, IL

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Highlights
- Oak Lawn spends 49.4% more per student than Grand Rapids.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.8% lower in Oak Lawn than in Grand Rapids. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oak Lawn had 0.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Grand Rapids
 Grand Rapids, MIOak Lawn, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,907$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,296  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,567$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14804573
 Students per Counselor681  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Grand Rapids    62 Reviews

I've lived in Grand Rapids about 85% of my life and can confidently say it is a great place to live for anyone. I know countless people who dogged the city, moved  More

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Grand Rapids proper - the small city - is fairly OK. Nothing special stands out about it when judged against the nicer areas of the US, but it has some decent dining and  More

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Wow. “bland Rapids and everyone is Smug, uptight and part of the Christian Reformed Church. “ Someone is accurately describing Grand Rapids in 1985. Much has changed  More

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Reviews for Oak Lawn    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Have lived in Oak Lawn most of my life, and its right on the perimeter of Chicago. Actually living in Oak Lawn is basically like living in Chicago but with a smaller  More

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Over 17 years ago

I have lived here most of my life. Its a nice town central to shopping, dining, and the metra train. Its only about a 30 minute drive to down-town Chicago (not  More

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