2025 Compare Cities Education:
Palm Beach, FL vs Chicago, IL

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Highlights
- Chicago spends 68.3% more per student than Palm Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.7% lower in Chicago than in Palm Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chicago had 11.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palm Beach
 Palm Beach, FLChicago, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,907$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,942  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,567$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14804573
 Students per Counselor433  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree11.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Palm Beach    1 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

You air quality and some of your others stats must be based on a "Palm Beach County" unless ocean breezes on Palm Beach city qualify as "bad  More

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Reviews for Chicago    270 Reviews

I've lived in Chicago city and later moved to suburbs when family size increased. Absolutely love this city. This is the cleanest and most beautiful among the major  More

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Chicago is probably the best value in a major city that you can find and my personal favorite city. It will become increasingly important as climate change makes the  More

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I've live on north side and south side, UIC medical center. Don't move here go to the north side. No good amenities, if you get bored with one there is no other choices.  More

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