2025 Compare Cities Education:
Newark, NJ vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- Champaign spends 22.6% less per student than Newark.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.6% lower in Champaign than in Newark. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 22.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Newark
 Newark, NJChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,272  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.64  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6624573
 Students per Counselor416  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.1%1.5%
Reviews for Newark    26 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Newark is straight garbage.  More

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Newark's Ironbound is extremely dangerous, there is a lot of crime, the police are just good at hiding it. It usually doesn't happen on Ferry St., but does 1/2 block  More

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Over 12 years ago

I have worked and lived in Newark for 20 years. I raised 3 children. Two of my children went on to college, graudated with Accountant Degree and the other one in  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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