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

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Highlights
- Plainfield spends 7.3% less per student than Ottawa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.5% higher in Plainfield than in Ottawa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Plainfield had 5.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Ottawa
 Ottawa, ILPlainfield, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,169$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,911  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,784$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14914573
 Students per Counselor613  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.3%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 Plainfield    13 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Plenty of housing in Plainfield, Joliet, IL area but norm on rent for a three bedroom house is around $2000.00  More

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Over 12 years ago

We transferred from the East Coast to Chicagoland and did not know where to live....We have kids and did NOT want the excess (read Drug Problems) in Naperville....Our  More

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Over 12 years ago

Plainfield is a good place to live, housing is descent, low crime.   More

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