2025 Compare Cities Education:
Olney, IL vs Fresno, CA

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Highlights
- Fresno spends 23.6% less per student than Olney.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.9% higher in Fresno than in Olney. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fresno had 14.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Olney
 Olney, ILFresno, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,485  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,719$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock126164573
 Students per Counselor745  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Olney    2 Reviews

Olney is a small slowly awakening sleepy town in Southern Illinois. It is still small hometown USA with a little more opportunity than Mayberry. We have new businesses,  More

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Over 13 years ago

Perfect place to live if you want a quiet place with friendly people and white squirrels. The white squirrels are Olney's claim to  More

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Reviews for Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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