2025 Compare Cities Education:
Plainfield, IL vs Idaho Falls, ID

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Highlights
- Idaho Falls spends 58.1% less per student than Plainfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.8% higher in Idaho Falls than in Plainfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Idaho Falls had 5.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Plainfield
 Plainfield, ILIdaho Falls, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,620$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,222  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,212$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock26464573
 Students per Counselor776  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%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 Idaho Falls    36 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

After escaping the liberalism in California I moved here with my family and loved the friendly folks, cleanliness, and beautiful views. Some things that I dislike is the  More

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I have lived here for about 17 years. I will admit that I have difficulty with the winter, the wind and the traffic. It seems that the traffic is constantly getting  More

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Anywhere in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Utah are now THEe BEST places to live. There is a reason people are flocking there...to live red, since blue has driven them out  More

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