2025 Compare Cities Education:
Laconia, NH vs Peoria, IL

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Highlights
- Peoria spends 20.8% less per student than Laconia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.5% higher in Peoria than in Laconia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Peoria had 0.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Laconia
 Laconia, NHPeoria, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,100$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,244  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,533$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock32194573
 Students per Counselor166  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Laconia    2 Reviews

I lived in Laconia NH for 24 years, born and raised. I left in 2016 because even pre pandemic the area was becoming weak from the drug epidemic, and, starting to re  More

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Friendly neighbors, plenty of restaurants, lakes, skiing, biking, hiking, canoeing and a dog park! The hospital is around the corner and there’s always a beautiful  More

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Reviews for Peoria    20 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

In my opinion Peoria is a great city and for it’s size it has a lot of amenities a big city would have such as a ballpark, civic center, many educational options, great  More

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Crime is rampant and you can't even visit parks anymore without fear of some gang drive-by.  More

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I lived in Peoria for nearly three years for work and I miss it terribly. The Peoria metropolitan area is by far one of the most underrated in the country. I think what  More

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