2025 Compare Cities Education:
McHenry, IL vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- Champaign spends 8.3% more per student than McHenry.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.3% lower in Champaign than in McHenry. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 1.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to McHenry
 McHenry, ILChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,554  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.74  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6624573
 Students per Counselor578  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.1%1.5%
Reviews for Mchenry    5 Reviews

I was transferred to Northern Illinois and I made the disastrous decision to put down roots in McHenry County, IL. As noted above, property taxes are the highest in all  More

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I've Lived in McHenry for over 23yrs and it is still not that bad of a place to live at. However, Crime has been on the rise, heroin and coke are a real problem in  More

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being a veteran of McHenry for over 20yrs. McHenry is a alright place to be, but heroin and coke are major problems there...crime is on the rise, doesn't seem to show a  More

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Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

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Over 8 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  More

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