2025 Compare Cities Education:
Plainfield, IL vs Northbrook, IL

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Highlights
- Northbrook spends 20.6% more per student than Plainfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.1% lower in Northbrook than in Plainfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Northbrook had 2.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Plainfield
 Plainfield, ILNorthbrook, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,907$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,222  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,567$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14804573
 Students per Counselor776  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.4%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 Northbrook    5 Reviews

Northbrook is a great place if: 1.) You're Jewish 2.) You're Russian 3.) You're raising a family Other than that, it's a stuck-up, sleepy, basic midwest suburb.   More

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Over 15 years ago

I grew up in Northbrook and while it's a beautiful community with a nice downtown, parks, train, great quality schools, to say that it's down to earth is a bit of a  More

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Over 15 years ago

I grew up in Northbrook and while it's a beautiful community with a nice downtown, parks, train, great quality schools, to say that it's down to earth is a bit of a  More

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