2025 Compare Cities Education:
Kankakee, IL vs Lawrenceville, GA

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Highlights
- Lawrenceville spends 32.7% less per student than Kankakee.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.1% higher in Lawrenceville than in Kankakee. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lawrenceville had 7.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Kankakee
 Kankakee, ILLawrenceville, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,190$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,685  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,621$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8074573
 Students per Counselor670  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.13.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Kankakee    5 Reviews

Kankakee was always a blue-collar city. My father had a business, and now I carry it on. That's the only reason I live in Kankakee anymore. Forty years ago, the  More

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Honestly, quite depressing. The people are rude, the place is very unkept - not sure if they have a City Planner or if they really understand the concept. Even the  More

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Moved here from AR 19 months ago. This is the most depressing area I've ever been to and I have been in almost all 50 States - big City and small (this includes all  More

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Reviews for Lawrenceville    11 Reviews

I am a doctor by profession and use to live diffrent places in diffrent states, but I liked the Chandler Pond neighborhood in Lawrenceville, GA is best place to live.  More

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Over 14 years ago

I owned 2 homes in Lawrenceville and was a long time resident. Lawrenceville experienced great growth and was the commuters dream in the 1980's. It was one white  More

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Over 14 years ago

cheaper cost for both live and  More

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