2025 Compare Cities Education:
Mount Prospect, IL vs Florence, KY

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Highlights
- Florence spends 41.5% less per student than Mount Prospect.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.2% higher in Florence than in Mount Prospect. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Florence had 0.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Mount Prospect
 Mount Prospect, ILFlorence, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,815$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,417$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7614573
 Students per Counselor481  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%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 Florence    5 Reviews

It's a great place to live if you are a redneck. Really, when you cross over from Ohio it's like going to another country. I grew up here and spent my formative  More

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Over 10 years ago

Northern Kentucky is just too far north for me. Too much influence from Ohio. I'm a southern girl at heart and I'm looking to get down to the true south.  More

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Raised in Northern kentucky my entire life, I moved to San Antonio Texas last year at age 19. I am now 20, and have a soft spot for Florence... It's a suburban culture,  More

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