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Leawood, KS vs Plainfield, IL

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Highlights
- Plainfield spends 30.6% more per student than Leawood.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.5% higher in Plainfield than in Leawood. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Plainfield had 2.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Leawood

Education
 Leawood, KSPlainfield, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,913$18,169$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,650$16,222$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,166$9,784$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4114.4116.23
 Students per Librarian49914914573
 Students per Counselor409776530
 Grade School Educ.0.5%1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.4%1.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.99.2%96.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.8%16.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.5%8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.74.7%55.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.21.5%15.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree11.2%2.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.9%1.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Leawood    5 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

We've lived here for 25 years. There aren't many places like it in the US. Many wonderful neighborhoods. Friendly people. Reasonable cost of living. Great weather (  More

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Over 8 years ago

I like how there is a variety of  More

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Over 13 years ago

I'm sorry to differ with you, but I have lived in Leawood for almost 7 years and have been miserable nearly every day. It's either 100 degrees or 10 below...not much in  More

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Reviews for Plainfield    13 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Plenty of housing in Plainfield, Joliet, IL area but norm on rent for a three bedroom house is around $2000.00  More

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Over 11 years ago

We transferred from the East Coast to Chicagoland and did not know where to live....We have kids and did NOT want the excess (read Drug Problems) in Naperville....Our  More

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Over 11 years ago

Plainfield is a good place to live, housing is descent, low crime.   More

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ZIPS IN LEAWOOD, KANSAS
66209 66224 66206 66211
ZIPS IN PLAINFIELD, ILLINOIS
60585

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