2025 Compare Cities Education:
Plainfield, IL vs Dallas, TX

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Highlights
- Dallas spends 27.5% less per student than Plainfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.2% higher in Dallas than in Plainfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dallas had 17.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Plainfield
 Plainfield, ILDallas, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,172$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,222  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,920$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9714573
 Students per Counselor776  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%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 Dallas    228 Reviews

I seldom review anything but I was inspired by reading the other Dallas reviews to add my two cents. I’ve been here since 2015 and we hope to leave when we can get jobs  More

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I have lived in Dallas, as well as areas around the Dallas Metroplex, for over 20 years. With that said, what I have seen in that time, has not been overly pleasing; and  More

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There is only one thing I found to be relatively good in this city: upscale restaurants. The food is tasty but only in upscale restaurants, I am vegan, and still found  More

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