2025 Compare Cities Education:
Huntsville, AL vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- Champaign spends 83.1% more per student than Huntsville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.4% lower in Champaign than in Huntsville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 3.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Huntsville
 Huntsville, ALChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,752  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6624573
 Students per Counselor470  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.1%1.5%
Reviews for Huntsville    53 Reviews

Low cost of living, and all the amenities you need within a short distance. However, the city really hasn't gone through gentrification. There isn't a "nice" part of  More

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Over 4 years ago

Everyone is always like “Huntsville is so up and coming”, which it is, but it’s forcing people out of their homes. They’ve created more jobs and places to live but not  More

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Over 4 years ago

Everyone is always like “Huntsville is so up and coming”, which it is, but it’s forcing people out of their homes. They’ve created more jobs and places to live but not  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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