2025 Compare Cities Education:
Highland, IL vs Mendota, IL

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Highlights
- Mendota spends 40.7% more per student than Highland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.9% lower in Mendota than in Highland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mendota had 11.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Highland
 Highland, ILMendota, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,606$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,569  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,957$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14464573
 Students per Counselor1054  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Highland    2 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Highland is a small farming town and we are growing. We roll up the sidewalks about ten every night except our bars, McDonalds and Walmart. We have a small movie theater  More

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Over 15 years ago

Highland is honestly the second worst place i have ever live right behind Price, UT their is nothing to do and good luck finding a job. the only good thing about  More

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Reviews for Mendota    4 Reviews

I've lived in Mendota my entire life and am very thankful for the small town that it is. The community comes together to help each other out whenever there is a need.  More

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I've lived in Chicago and have recently moved out to Mendota. The train makes it very convenient to get into the city when necessary, and an easy way for friends to  More

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