2025 Compare Cities Education:
Granite City, IL vs Normal, IL

Change Cities
Highlights
- Normal spends 21.8% more per student than Granite City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.3% lower in Normal than in Granite City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Normal had 9.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Granite City
 Granite City, ILNormal, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,974$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,569  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,416$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5904573
 Students per Counselor1054  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.14.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%1.5%
Reviews for Granite City    2 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Fair, Cost of living average , close to St. Louis Attractions, air quality poor, steal mill causes lots of respiratory illness. Water qualty used to be above average til  More

   |    Reply

Over 16 years ago

Granite City is not a bad place to live. The smell of the steel plants is annoying sometimes. There is rarely a day go by that you don't here sirens going down the  More

   |    Reply

Start Your Review of Granite City

Reviews for Normal    5 Reviews

While not a perfect town by any stretch of the imagination, I have lived in Normal my entire life and I have to say that there are FAR worse places one could live. The  More

   |    Reply

Over 16 years ago

I would like to know more about the quality of education at Illinois State  More

   |    Reply

With relatively low crime, good schools and excellent access to higher education, Normal is a great place to raise a family. The city is trying to update its city center  More

   |    Reply

Start Your Review of Normal


Premium Subscription
Includes Cost of Living compares for child care, utilities, transportation, health, taxes, housing for home owners vs renters, weather, insurance premiums and so much more.


The premier source for comprehensive city data for over 30 years.

© Best Places. All rights reserved.