2025 Compare Cities Education:
Grand Rapids, MN vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- Champaign spends 20.8% less per student than Grand Rapids.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.4% lower in Champaign than in Grand Rapids. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 0.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Grand Rapids
 Grand Rapids, MNChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,579  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.81  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6624573
 Students per Counselor491  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.1%1.5%
Reviews for Grand Rapids    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I have lived in Grand Rapids my entire life. (43 years) I always feel safe here. We don't lock our house when we leave during the day. We only lock it at night. My  More

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Grand Rapids is my hometown being born here in 1961. Here's the long and short of it. I love it in the summer. I hate the winter. Winters are long, gray and hard.   More

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Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

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Over 8 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  More

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