2025 Compare Cities Education:
Oak Park, IL vs Visalia, CA

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Highlights
- Visalia spends 33.0% less per student than Oak Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 57.7% higher in Visalia than in Oak Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Visalia had 11.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Oak Park
 Oak Park, ILVisalia, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,667$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,603$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock944534573
 Students per Counselor481  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Oak Park    7 Reviews

We've lived in Oak Park for 25 years, raising our two children here. Now, looking ahead a few years, the Cost of Living (127), is a major factor in searching for  More

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I have grew up in the Oak Park area and have lived in other cities in the country. Oak Park is located outside of the city of Chicago. Though located reasonably  More

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Over 15 years ago

If you don't know any better you might think Oak Park is perfect. However, if you are like me and have other places as a comparison, you know better. I will say that  More

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Reviews for Visalia    27 Reviews

I've lived in the city of Visalia for 3 years now. Relocated to accommodate a territory sales job. If I were allowed, I'd go w. a 3 1/2 Star rating. If not for the  More

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Quite possibly the most miserable city/town I have lived in. Why?: * Air quality is toxic and dangerous from a combination of intensive agricultural farming and diesel  More

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So Visalia's NE, NW, SW, and Downtown are nice areas. The worst part of town is north of Houston between Dinuba BLVD and Ben Maddox. Here you will see lots of  More

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