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Gurnee, IL vs Madera, CA

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Highlights
- Madera spends 30.4% less per student than Gurnee.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 58.9% higher in Madera than in Gurnee. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madera had 37.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Gurnee
 Gurnee, ILMadera, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,999$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,875  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,031$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock72314573
 Students per Counselor592  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock26.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock59.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Gurnee    2 Reviews

We moved here four years ago from Evanston, IL and I have to say it's been the worst experience of my life. The people here are closed minded, rude, homophobic, racist.  More

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Gurnee is a relatively new community. Incorporated in 1927, it remained a primarily rural, small town until the 1970's. It was at about this time that the growth and  More

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Reviews for Madera    2 Reviews

I live here for the pass 4 years and in these years I lived in a fifth wheeler I owned a RV motor home but my dreams of selling it went out the window on the4 morning  More

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I live in Madera, Ca. and it has been listed in Sperling's BestPlaces as having a home medium price of $315,000 and a population of approx. 35,000. As an update to  More

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