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Painesville, OH vs Plainfield, IL

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- Plainfield spends 14.7% more per student than Painesville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.2% lower in Plainfield than in Painesville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Plainfield had 14.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Painesville
 Painesville, OHPlainfield, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,169$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,567  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,784$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14914573
 Students per Counselor457  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Painesville    2 Reviews

I have lived in Painesville for the last 16 years. The last 3 generations of my family have lived in Painesville and even attended the local high school, Thomas W.  More

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Decent place to live, but downtown painesville is very rundown. If you want to live in Lake County, Ohio, best to live in either Mentor or  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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