2025 Compare Cities Education:
Mount Olive, NC vs Decatur, IL

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Highlights
- Decatur spends 47.5% more per student than Mount Olive.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.0% higher in Decatur than in Mount Olive. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Decatur had 11.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Mount Olive
 Mount Olive, NCDecatur, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,460$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,504  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,704$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.36  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock37214573
 Students per Counselor378  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Mount Olive    2 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I lived in mount olive 1975-90, Just a few weather comments, The Summers are terribly hot and and AC is mandatory. Typically Summer night run from the upper 60's to mid  More

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Over 16 years ago

I don't like it at all this town is so lame. The only thing that is open 24 is the walmart. There is no mall, No fun at all. This town is so lame that a old man will not  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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