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Plainfield, IL vs Cathedral City, CA

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Highlights
- Cathedral City spends 15.8% less per student than Plainfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 62.1% higher in Cathedral City than in Plainfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cathedral City had 18.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Plainfield
 Plainfield, ILCathedral City, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,296$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,222  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,941$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock249534573
 Students per Counselor776  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%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 Cathedral City    3 Reviews

Cathedral City is cheaper than Palm Springs and a few other local cities. It has lovely mountain views. It's a decidely middle-middle class community, especially on  More

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Cathedral City enjoys the lowest crime rate in the entire Coachella  More

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Relatively because it depends on where you came from. We moved here from Denver. There's been one murder here this year. I feel rather safe in this area as far as  More

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