2025 Compare Cities Education:
Mount Prospect, IL vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- Champaign spends 6.6% less per student than Mount Prospect.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.9% lower in Champaign than in Mount Prospect. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 3.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Mount Prospect
 Mount Prospect, ILChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6624573
 Students per Counselor481  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.1%1.5%
Reviews for Mount Prospect    4 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Because of powerful teachers unions, taxes are always rising and becoming unaffordable.   More

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Over 14 years ago

The PACE bus system is okay here if you want to go to the CTA L station,but getting around to different suburbs is a real  More

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Over 16 years ago

Although Mt. Prospect is incredibly diverse, housing is very expensive and the area doesn't have much charm. There are strip malls and a lot of traffic. The library is  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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