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

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Highlights
- Rockford spends 25.2% less per student than Mount Prospect.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.8% higher in Rockford than in Mount Prospect. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rockford had 7.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mount Prospect
 Mount Prospect, ILRockford, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,393$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,283$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7954573
 Students per Counselor481  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.5%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.  Unlock5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Rockford    54 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here my whole life . I love  More

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I was raised in the area and lived here 3/4 of my life. Rockford has definitely made efforts to bring events into the area so there are things to do and they have  More

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Over 6 years ago

Rockford has made great strides in the past 20 years. Downtown used to be a ghost town. Now, there are activities almost every weekend. City government has worked to  More

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