2025 Compare Cities Education:
Northampton, MA vs Plainfield, IL

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Highlights
- Plainfield spends 15.1% less per student than Northampton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.6% higher in Plainfield than in Northampton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Plainfield had 2.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Northampton
 Northampton, MAPlainfield, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,169$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,434  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,784$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.95  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14914573
 Students per Counselor364  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Northampton    6 Reviews

I was born in Northampton in the 1960"s and have lived other places but always came back to live here. My two children were born here too. What draws be back to  More

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The greater Northampton, MA area is generally a pretty good place to live, if you're interested in Western MA or southern New England in general. MA is more affordable  More

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Northampton is a very progressive, diverse, liberal small city where you will find so much to do in just the downtown area alone. Music, shopping, restaurants, bars,  More

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Reviews for Plainfield    13 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Plenty of housing in Plainfield, Joliet, IL area but norm on rent for a three bedroom house is around $2000.00  More

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Over 12 years ago

We transferred from the East Coast to Chicagoland and did not know where to live....We have kids and did NOT want the excess (read Drug Problems) in Naperville....Our  More

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Over 12 years ago

Plainfield is a good place to live, housing is descent, low crime.   More

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