2025 Compare Cities Education:
Mount Vernon, IN vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- Champaign spends 27.1% more per student than Mount Vernon.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.3% lower in Champaign than in Mount Vernon. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 4.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Mount Vernon
 Mount Vernon, INChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,699  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6624573
 Students per Counselor887  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.1%1.5%
Reviews for Mount Vernon    1 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

School system rated within top 6% of ALL U.S. high schools. Low crime rate, friendly people, and good sense of community. Limited restaurants and entertainment, but  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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