2025 Compare Cities Education:
Oak Lawn, IL vs Columbus, GA

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Highlights
- Columbus spends 46.3% less per student than Oak Lawn.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.2% higher in Columbus than in Oak Lawn. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbus had 0.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Oak Lawn
 Oak Lawn, ILColumbus, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,775$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,958$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6024573
 Students per Counselor481  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Oak Lawn    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Have lived in Oak Lawn most of my life, and its right on the perimeter of Chicago. Actually living in Oak Lawn is basically like living in Chicago but with a smaller  More

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Over 17 years ago

I have lived here most of my life. Its a nice town central to shopping, dining, and the metra train. Its only about a 30 minute drive to down-town Chicago (not  More

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Reviews for Columbus    9 Reviews

I have lived here for 6.5 years. In-town is cute with nice restaurants and sometimes music. It hasn’t realized it’s full potential though. Houses are still reasonably  More

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no,nonono NEVER MOVE HERE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. as someone who is almost out of highschool and i can finally go to my homecountry after 10 years of begging to move, never  More

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This once beautiful and safe town is now crime ridden and trashy courtesy of Theresa Tomlinson’s 2 terms as mayor. Even if you live in the north end you are no longer  More

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