2025 Compare Cities Education:
Ottawa, IL vs DeKalb, IL

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Highlights
- DeKalb spends 13.5% less per student than Ottawa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.0% higher in DeKalb than in Ottawa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- DeKalb had 0.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ottawa
 Ottawa, ILDeKalb, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,963$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,911  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,982$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23794573
 Students per Counselor613  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Ottawa    6 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Have all of the radiation sites been cleaned up? If not, did the tornado stir up and blast some radiation from these sites to other  More

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Over 11 years ago

Good location with low cost of living and close enough to Chicago and suburbs to take advantage of their  More

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Over 15 years ago

Although Ottawa is a very nice place to live, living here is becoming rediculous...as taxes go. I bought a house less then four years ago and my taxed went from  More

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Reviews for Dekalb    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

While I love the cheaper rents then in the closer suburbs (to Chicago), the lack of high paying jobs for anyone without high degrees (Masters or higher) is  More

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As a 37 year resident of DeKalb - an escapee of the Chicago suburbs, I am pleased to write a bit about my hometown. Originally a college town in a farming community,  More

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