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Oak Lawn, IL vs El Cajon, CA

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Highlights
- El Cajon spends 25.3% less per student than Oak Lawn.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 62.1% higher in El Cajon than in Oak Lawn. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- El Cajon had 3.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Oak Lawn
 Oak Lawn, ILEl Cajon, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,358$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,084$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock187444573
 Students per Counselor481  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 El Cajon    10 Reviews

Stay out of East El Cajon. The people that live there don't like  More

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Housing less expensive then San Diego, wages the same. A total package of people from different backgrounds (ethnic) which is  More

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El Cajon and La Mesa are about a dozen miles east of the Pacific Ocean. Fletcher Hills, in particular, is a community within El Cajon on the boarder of La Mesa/Mt.  More

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