2025 Compare Cities Education:
Murphysboro, IL vs Cape Girardeau, MO

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Highlights
- Cape Girardeau spends 39.5% less per student than Murphysboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.4% higher in Cape Girardeau than in Murphysboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cape Girardeau had 4.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Murphysboro
 Murphysboro, ILCape Girardeau, MOUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,549$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,077  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,483$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.29  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7724573
 Students per Counselor482  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Murphysboro    5 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

We moved to Murphysboro, IL from unincorporated Hinsdale, Timberlake area and love it down here. I grew up in Burr Ridge my entire life. Murphysboro has so many outdoors  More

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I have worked here for two years as a school teacher. However, I do live in another community. I have come to appreciate and admire the strong community spirit and  More

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I've lived in this town for my whole life and there are some ups and downs for this town, like where some people lives are really hostile and stuff but other places in  More

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Reviews for Cape Girardeau    7 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Great place to live. You can get from any point A to point B in 10 minutes. Easy to get spoiled with the  More

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Over 12 years ago

For a relatively small area (city permanent population of 37,000, swelling to 100,000 during the workweek when the university is in session), Cape Girardeau has multiple  More

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Over 16 years ago

It's a good mid sized  More

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