2025 Compare Cities Education:
Plainfield, IL vs Ballwin, MO

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Highlights
- Ballwin spends 23.2% less per student than Plainfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.8% lower in Ballwin than in Plainfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ballwin had 1.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Plainfield
 Plainfield, ILBallwin, MOUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,953$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,222  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,927$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6324573
 Students per Counselor776  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%1.5%
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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Reviews for Ballwin    8 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

August gets to 113 degrees with 98 % humidity. When you get out of the shower, you are wet from sweat! My chest whistles trying to get air. There is a January thaw which  More

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I am originally from the city of St. Louis. For the past twenty years, I have resided in west St. Louis county. I live in an established subdivision where the  More

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Over 12 years ago

Summers can be very nice at times, does not usually last for long. Our spring turns hot as summer rolls in and we can have long a stretch of above 90 to peaks of  More

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