2025 Compare Cities Education:
Kyle, TX vs Decatur, IL

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Highlights
- Decatur spends 3.0% more per student than Kyle.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.7% higher in Decatur than in Kyle. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Decatur had 1.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Kyle
 Kyle, TXDecatur, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,460$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,966  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,704$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.55  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock37214573
 Students per Counselor424  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Kyle    2 Reviews

I have lived in Kyle for six months now. I left the Bell County area for better opportunity to grow and I loved how this area is booming. I purchased my first home (  More

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Over 17 years ago

Kyle is located on the I-35 corridor between Austin and San Antonio. We moved there nearly 4 years ago after having been driven out of Austin due to the cost of living  More

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Reviews for Decatur    14 Reviews

I was sent here by the company I worked for in the '90's and was not initially impressed with midwest living. However, over the years I got used to living in the "Pride  More

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I grew up in Decatur and I still have family there, but it depresses me to see what it has become. It has a high unemployment rate, many business have closed or are run  More

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Over 14 years ago

If you enjoy drinking & driving, Decatur's fifteen drive-thru liquor windows, three times the # of drive-thru's than the ten largest cities in Illinois, COMBINED, will  More

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