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Newtown, CT vs Urbana, IL

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Highlights
- Urbana spends 11.0% less per student than Newtown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.1% higher in Urbana than in Newtown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Urbana had 0.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Newtown
 Newtown, CTUrbana, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.77  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6624573
 Students per Counselor356  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock10.9%1.5%
Reviews for Newtown    1 Reviews

Lived here for 32 years. New community/senior center just built looks promising. Swimming pool and lake swimming. Community center will also have swimming. 3 grocery  More

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Reviews for Urbana    7 Reviews

This town is horrendous. I cannot figure out why they think they are so important, as they wouldn't even exist if the college was not here. Just another worthless 40,000  More

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Over 17 years ago

Greetings: Urbana is a good college town to live but it comes with the usual dependency on the university for most of its cultural entertainment. Thankfully, it has a  More

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Over 18 years ago

Urbana really doesn't have much in the way recreation unless, your into the partying scene and even then there are only a few hangout places. Urbana is more of a  More

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