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Plainfield, IL vs Coal City, IL

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- Coal City spends 13.7% less per student than Plainfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.8% higher in Coal City than in Plainfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Coal City had 3.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Plainfield
 Plainfield, ILCoal City, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,675$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,222  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,263$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock32894573
 Students per Counselor776  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
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Reviews for Plainfield    13 Reviews
Peter · Plainfield, IL
Housing
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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Bp · Plainfield, IL
Grand Park Subdivision
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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Eric · Plainfield, IL
Plainfleld, IL
Over 12 years ago

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

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Reviews for Coal City    4 Reviews
est · Coal City, IL
None.
Over 13 years ago

No culture at all. Very rigid, uneducated, small town in  More

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Amy · Coal City, IL
Life in Coal City :)
Over 15 years ago

Coal City is a nice quiet little town where people mostly mind their own business. There are plenty of community events, this is a great place to live if you have young  More

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Walt  · Hampshire, IL
Airfield History
Over 16 years ago

What do the powers to be say in Coal City, Illinois, about the possibility that the very first airfield in the world was in Coal City. We need to speak to a Historian of  More

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