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Granite City, IL vs Pontoon Beach, IL

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- Pontoon Beach spends 0.0% less per student than Granite City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.0% lower in Pontoon Beach than in Granite City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pontoon Beach had 4.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Granite City
 Granite City, ILPontoon Beach, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,939$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,569  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,302$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock58374573
 Students per Counselor1054  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.14.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Granite City    2 Reviews

Over 12 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

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Over 17 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

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Reviews for Pontoon Beach    2 Reviews

The worst police department ever. Juvenile office hates kids even more than he hates everyone else. No time to deal with real crime because they are too busy writing  More

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If I had it to do over, I would never move into this  More

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