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Kankakee, IL vs Muscatine, IA

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- Muscatine spends 20.0% less per student than Kankakee.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.1% higher in Muscatine than in Kankakee. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Muscatine had 12.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Kankakee
 Kankakee, ILMuscatine, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,492$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,685  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,172$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10084573
 Students per Counselor670  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.13.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 Muscatine    3 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

We recently relocated here in October for my husbands work. This is a beautiful city located on the mississippi river. It boasts of state of the art playground equipment  More

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Over 15 years ago

This is the worst place that I have ever lived. There is nothing to do here except drugs. The schools are also terrible. I ended up sending my son to a private boarding  More

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Over 19 years ago

We live just outside of Muscatine,On a bluff looking over the Mississippi river. We have a great view of the river( never floods) and a house in our subdivision just  More

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