2025 Compare Cities Education:
Plainwell, MI vs Oak Park, IL

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Highlights
- Oak Park spends 67.5% more per student than Plainwell.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.2% lower in Oak Park than in Plainwell. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oak Park had 1.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Plainwell
 Plainwell, MIOak Park, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,907$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,668  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,567$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14804573
 Students per Counselor655  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.1%1.5%
Reviews for Plainwell    1 Reviews

Plainwell is just off US131 about 10 minutes north of Kalamazoo (pop 71,000) and 20 minutes south of Grand Rapids. Nice "class B" school with a high percentage going on  More

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Reviews for Oak Park    7 Reviews

We've lived in Oak Park for 25 years, raising our two children here. Now, looking ahead a few years, the Cost of Living (127), is a major factor in searching for  More

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I have grew up in the Oak Park area and have lived in other cities in the country. Oak Park is located outside of the city of Chicago. Though located reasonably  More

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Over 15 years ago

If you don't know any better you might think Oak Park is perfect. However, if you are like me and have other places as a comparison, you know better. I will say that  More

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